Pathways into and out of Poverty: A Study of Rural Household Wealth Dynamics in Kenya
研究了1997至2007年间肯尼亚小农户家庭脱贫或陷入贫困的相关因素，基于全国平衡面板数据和回顾性生命史调查，发现家庭福利变化与死亡、慢性病、人口因素、基础设施距离及代际财富转移等异质性冲击有关。
This study identifies the factors associated with smallholder farm households that have risen out of poverty or descended into poverty between 1997 and 2007 in Kenya. The study uses data from a nationwide balanced panel of 1,275 households and data from detailed retrospective ‘life history’ survey of 84 households that had experienced either an appreciable improvement or decline in their asset wealth over the 10-year panel period. The results indicate that household welfare dynamics are associated with a disparate set of idiosyncratic and unexpected shocks, such as death and chronic illness, demographic factors, proximity to infrastructural facilities, as well as intergenerational wealth transfers.