August 2016

Migration, marital arrangements and consumption smoothing among Burkinabè farm households

Risk coping is a severe challenge for households in developing countries, particularly for farm household because income is stochastically variable and credit markets are incomplete. Because of lack of formal systems to cope with risk, households rely on informal arrangements such as migration and marriage. This paper contributes to the literature of risk-coping strategies by examining how migration and marital...

Author(s): Pam Zahonogo