Dynamic field experiments in development economics: Risk valuation in Morocco, Kenya and Peru
The effective design and implementation of interventions that reduce vulnerability and poverty require a solid understanding of underlying poverty dynamics and associated behavioral responses. Stochastic and dynamic benefit streams can make it difficult for the poor to learn the value of such interventions to them. We explore how dynamic field experiments can help (i) intended beneficiaries learn and understand these complicated benefit streams and (ii) researchers better understand how the poor respond to risk when faced with nonlinear welfare dynamics. We discuss and analyze dynamic risk valuation experiments in Morocco, Peru and Kenya.
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Format: | Manual biblioteca |
Language: | English |
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Cornell University
2009-12
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Subjects: | economic development, poverty, morocco, |
Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/785 http://www.basis.wisc.edu/i4/lybbert.pdf |
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Summary: | The effective design and implementation of interventions that reduce vulnerability and
poverty require a solid understanding of underlying poverty dynamics and associated
behavioral responses. Stochastic and dynamic benefit streams can make it difficult for the
poor to learn the value of such interventions to them. We explore how dynamic field
experiments can help (i) intended beneficiaries learn and understand these complicated
benefit streams and (ii) researchers better understand how the poor respond to risk when
faced with nonlinear welfare dynamics. We discuss and analyze dynamic risk valuation
experiments in Morocco, Peru and Kenya. |
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