Coping with shocks in rural Ethiopia
利用埃塞俄比亚调查数据和事件史访谈，研究了不同类型冲击（自然、经济、健康）如何引发不同的应对策略（减少储蓄、减少食物消费、借贷），并发现家庭很少依赖亲友赠予，凸显正式保护体系的必要性。
Using survey data and event history interviews undertaken in Ethiopia, we investigate which shocks trigger which coping responses and why. Relatively covariate natural and economic shocks trigger reductions in savings and in food consumption, while relatively idiosyncratic health shocks prompt reductions in savings and a reliance on borrowing. Surprisingly, across all shocks, households do not rely on gifts from family and friends, highlighting the need for formal protection systems. We argue that the insensitivity of food consumption to health shocks does not imply insurability but indicates that it is not a viable response to such a shock.