Transient and Chronic Rural Household Poverty: Evidence from Kenya

Muyanga, Milu; Ayieko, Miltone W.; Bundi, Mary

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3173099

Cited by 7 publications

(15 citation statements)

References 19 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Due to the binary nature of the dependent variable food security status and the non‐uniform distribution of the explanatory variables, a logistic model was used. Based on observations from previous studies (Deaton, ; Geda et al ., ; Nyariki et al ., ; Muyanga et al ., ) the age, level of education and the number of items consumed were expected to have positive impacts. The size of the household could have a negative effect as reported in Nyariki et al .…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Intervention Designs for Household Food Security: Lessons from Kenya

Lemba¹,

D’Haese²,

D’Haese³

et al. 2013

African Development Review

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The study on this paper seeks to identify intervention design(s) which have had an impact on household food security in Kenya's drylands, and could be replicated in other places with similar conditions. Five different ex-post interventions in the drylands of Kenya were evaluated using descriptive statistics and econometric models. It was shown that the intervention project design which had integrated provision of irrigation water and access to markets for both farm inputs and produce in its development strategies had an impact through improvement in the levels and stability of household incomes. Access to markets included institutional organization and provision of transport. In conclusion, food security policy in the drylands should focus on creating an enabling environment for farmers in terms of market organization and provision of irrigation infrastructure.

show abstract

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Intervention Designs for Household Food Security: Lessons from Kenya

Lemba¹,

D’Haese²,

D’Haese³

et al. 2013

African Development Review

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…In Kenya, Muyanga et al (2010b) used censored quantile regression for the period between 1997 and 2004 to estimate determinants of chronic and transient poverty. The authors found that age of the household head increased the likelihood of a household falling into chronic poverty, while educated household heads were less likely to fall into chronic poverty.…”

Section: Correlates Of Chronic Povertymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, some households move in and out of poverty (transient poverty) while others persistently remain poor (chronic poverty). To a large extent, policy intervention on poverty reduction has focused on transitory poverty with less emphasis on chronic poverty (Muyanga et al, 2010b;Burke and Jayne, 2010). If policies that address chronic poverty are not designed, millions of people will remain chronically poor (Shepherd and Brunt, 2013).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Previous studies on Kenya sought to investigate the probabilities of movement in and out of poverty (Muyanga et al, 2010b; Burke and Jayne, 2010) but considered a short period of time which may not provide a holistic picture of movement in and out of poverty. There is also limited literature that seek to examine the correlates of chronic poverty.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Additionally, the paper estimates the effect of climate and weather variability on chronic poverty. Previous studies (Muyanga et al, 2010b; Burke and Jayne, 2010) ignored climate and weather variability that are critical in influencing chronic poverty particularly for Kenya where agriculture is highly dependent on weather. The paper uses Chamberlain random effects probit model with control function that does not put any restriction on the correlation between individual effects and the explanatory variables and accounts for endogeneity.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

Effects of Climatological and Socioeconomic Factors on Chronic Poverty

Jairo

2019

ESJ

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Poverty remains one of the key development goals for developing countries. Achieving this goals may be far-fetched given the increasing vagaries from climate change. This paper sought to estimate the effect of climate and weather variability on chronic poverty using household panel data for Kenya. Using Chamberlain random effects probit model with control function, the paper found that weather variability reduces the likelihood of a household falling into chronic poverty. Household heads with post-secondary education were less likely to fall into chronic poverty and those who earned off-farm income and had access to credit facilities had lower probability of falling into poverty as compared to those who did not. The findings suggests the need to devise policies on climate mitigation in order to cushion households from devastating effects of weather variability and to create awareness through dissemination of climate information in easy and widely accessible formats.

show abstract

A longitudinal study of intergenerational transmission of poverty in Hong Kong across the 2010s: Social investment, homeownership and mother’s education

Kwan²,

2022

International Social Work

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This study examines the extent to which poverty is passed from parents to children in Hong Kong based on the social investment thesis. Through tracking the educational and career trajectories of the second generation (aged 23–25) of 77 families, this study suggests that adolescents with poor parents have a 202 percent higher chance of being poor in young adulthood. This poverty-continuation probability increases dramatically to 681 percent if parental poverty is defined in terms of homeownership rather than income. Another important factor that also affects intergenerational poverty is the mother’s educational level. Implications for social workers and policy makers are discussed.

show abstract

Transient and Chronic Rural Household Poverty: Evidence from Kenya

Cited by 7 publications

References 19 publications

Intervention Designs for Household Food Security: Lessons from Kenya

Intervention Designs for Household Food Security: Lessons from Kenya

Effects of Climatological and Socioeconomic Factors on Chronic Poverty

A longitudinal study of intergenerational transmission of poverty in Hong Kong across the 2010s: Social investment, homeownership and mother’s education

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About