Description: Household Risk, Self-Insurance and Coping Strategies in Urban Argentina

Household Risk, Self-Insurance and Coping Strategies in Urban Argentina

This study aims to analyze how economic shocks and macroeconomic volatility affect urban Argentine households, the mechanisms that households employ to survive economic crises, and how successful these tools are. Particular attention is given to th...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ANTHROPOMETRIC DATA CAPITAL FLOWS CHILD LABOR CIVIL SOCIETY COMMUNITY WORK COMPETITIVENESS CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK CONSUMPTION DATA CONSUMPTION LEVELS CONSUMPTION PATTERNS DATA SOURCES DEBT DEVALUATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC SHOCKS ECONOMIC SITUATION EMERGING MARKETS EXCHANGE RATE EXPENDITURES EXTERNAL DEBT EXTERNAL SHOCKS FINANCIAL MARKETS FISCAL DEFICITS FISCAL POLICIES FORMAL LABOR MARKET GDP GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE GINI COEFFICIENT GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION HEALTH STATUS HOUSEHOLD BEHAVIOR HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LABOR HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME INCOME GENERATION INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME SHOCK INDIVIDUAL LEVEL INFLATION INFORMAL ACTIVITIES INFORMAL NETWORKS INFORMAL SECTOR INFORMAL SECTOR EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE INSURANCE MARKETS JOB LOSS LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKETS LONG TERM MACRO-ECONOMIC POLICIES MACROECONOMIC CRISIS MACROECONOMIC INSTABILITY MORTALITY NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES NON- GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NUTRITION POLICY FRAMEWORK POLITICAL ECONOMY POOL RESOURCES POOR HOUSEHOLDS POVERTY REDUCTION PRIVATE CONSUMPTION PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATIZATION PRODUCT MARKETS PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES PROTECTION POLICIES PUBLIC ENTERPRISES PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES QUALITATIVE DATA QUANTITATIVE DATA REAL WAGES RETIREMENT RISK MANAGEMENT RURAL AREAS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POPULATION SAFETY NETS SAMPLE SIZES SAVINGS SECTOR EMPLOYMENT SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL EXPENDITURES SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL PROTECTION PROGRAMS TASK TEAM LEADER TRANSITION PROCESS UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES URBAN AREAS URBAN HOUSEHOLDS URBAN POOR URBAN POPULATION URBAN POVERTY WAGES WEALTH WELFARE EFFECTS SELF-INSURANCE ECONOMIC CRISIS GENDER ISSUES GOVERNMENT ROLE HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS INVESTOR CONFIDENCE UNDEREMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE SEVERANCE PAY WOMEN'S ROLE IN HOUSEHOLD CAPITAL MARKETS ECONOMIC RISK MICROCREDITS GIRLS' EDUCATION WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT SOCIAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS CHILDREN IN POVERTY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/10/1643385/argentina-household-risk-self-insurance-coping-strategies-urban-argentina http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15467

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Summary:	This study aims to analyze how economic shocks and macroeconomic volatility affect urban Argentine households, the mechanisms that households employ to survive economic crises, and how successful these tools are. Particular attention is given to the structure and wealth of the household and the gender roles of its members. The report identifies how to strengthen the risk management tools to better weather future crises. First, it identifies areas where the government can strengthen mechanisms used by households to insure against the risk of income loss due to a macroeconomic crisis or to cope with such loses when they do occur. Second, the report addresses the appropriate role of the government in providing assistance when risk management by the household is absent or is not adequate. Finally, recognizing that some household reactions to income loss have important long term unintended negative effects, the report recommends on how to discourage such costly behaviors. Among the findings of the study are: Households are not able to perfectly smooth consumption across periods of economic volatility; thus, some adjustment is needed even by the rich. No evidence exists that the macroeconomic policies of the 1990s are directly responsible for changes in manufacturing wages for skilled and unskilled workers. Many Argentines insure against the risk of negative income shocks by having mutiple jobs, and they turn to their families when needed.

Household Risk, Self-Insurance and Coping Strategies in Urban Argentina

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