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Publications and Working Papers: Risk and Shocks Stefan Dercon

This research explores the short and long run impact of the presence of risk and shocks on households, on welfare, health, education, incomes, activity portfolios and assets, often using longitudinal data from Ethiopia and Tanzania.

· Risk and Shocks: Journal Articles “Consumption risk, technology adoption and poverty traps: evidence from Ethiopia”, (2010), (with L. Christiaensen), forthcoming Journal of Development Economics “Orphanhood and human capital destruction : is there persistence into adulthood?”, (2010), (with Kathleen Beegle and Joachim De Weerdt), Demography, Vol.47, No.1, February 2010, pp. 163-180. "The effects of HIV/AIDS on rural communities in East Africa: a 20-year perspective", (2010), (with Janet Seeley and Tony Barnett), Tropical medicine & international health, 15 (3). pp. 329-335. “Adult Mortality and Consumption Growth in Tanzania”, (2008), (with Kathleen Beegle and Joachim De Weerdt), Economic Development and Cultural Change, vol 56, 2 pp. 299- 326. (wp version here) “Fate and Fear: Risk and its Consequences in Africa”, (2008) Journal of African Economies, December, vol. 17(Supplement 2): ii97-ii127 “Teacher Shocks and Student Learning”, (2007), (with Jishnu Das, James Habyarimana and Pramila Krishnan), Journal of Human Resources, Fall, Volume 42, Issue 4, 820-862. “Orphanhood and the Long-Run Impact on Children” (2007) (with Kathleen Beegle and Joachim De Weerdt), American Journal of Agricultural Economics, vol. 88, no.5, pp 1266-1272. “Risk, Poverty and Vulnerability in Africa” (2005), Introduction to Special Issue on Risk, Poverty and Vulnerability in Africa, Journal of African Economies, vol.14, no.4, December 2005, pp. 483-488. "Shocks and consumption in 15 Ethiopian Villages, 1999-2004", (2005), (with J.Hoddinott and T.Woldehanna) in Special Issue on Risk, Poverty and Vulnerability in Africa, Journal of African Economies, vol.14, no.4, December 2005, pp. 559-585. "Growth and Shocks: evidence from Rural Ethiopia", (2004), Journal of Development Economics, August, vol 74 (2), pp. 309-29. (wp version here) “Filets de sécurité, épargne et protection sociale informelle dans les économies sujettes à des crises”, (2000), Vol. 1-2, Revue d’Economie de Développement, pp.191-206. “Wealth, Risk and Activity Choice: Cattle in Western Tanzania”, (1998), Journal of Development Economics, February, vol.55, pp.1-42. “Risk, Crop Choice and Savings : Evidence from Tanzania”, (1996), Economic Development and Cultural Change, vol. 44, no. 3, April, pp. 485-514. “Income Portfolios in Rural Ethiopia and Tanzania: choices and constraints” (1996), Journal of Development Studies, vol.32, No.6, August, pp. 850-75, (with P. Krishnan). · Risk and Shocks: Books (back to top) Insurance against Poverty, 2004, Oxford University Press (Edited volume, 445 pages.) table of contents and link to all papers · Risk and Shocks: Books Chapters (back to top) "Risk Coping Strategies" in >New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd edition, forthcoming 2008 “Insurance for the Poor?” In A. Barrientos and D. Hulme (eds.), 2007, Social Protection for the Poor and the Poorest: Risk, Needs and Rights, Palgrave. (wp version here) "Vuln "Vulnerability: A Micro Perspective”, 2006 in Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE)--Europe 2006 . Ed. by François Bourguignon, Boris Pleskovic, and Jacques van der Gaag. Washington, DC: World Bank. (wp version here) “Risk, Poverty and Public Action”, in S.Dercon, (2004), Insurance against Poverty, Oxford University Press, 2004. table of contents and link to all papers "Income Risk, Coping Strategies and Safety Nets" in S.Dercon, (2004), Insurance against Poverty, Oxford University Press. table of contents and link to all papers "Health, Shocks and Poverty Persistence", (with John Hoddinott), in S.Dercon, (2004), Insurance against Poverty, Oxford University Press. table of contents and link to all papers (back to top)