In Times of Sickness: Intra-household Labour Substitution in Rural Indonesian Households
利用印尼家庭生活调查数据,研究了农村家庭中成年男性患慢性病时,家庭成员通过内部劳动替代来应对,但发现这种策略在严重健康冲击下无效,家庭农场利润无法保持稳定。
In many developing countries, households with ill adults suffer not only from diminished labour supply but also from an inability to borrow against future labour income. Intra-household labour substitution may be an important coping strategy for these households. Using information about individual health status provided by Indonesia Family Life Survey, this study finds some evidence that Indonesian farm households cope with chronic illnesses of male adults through intra-household labour substitution. Yet, the results show that this strategy is not effective in the case of severe health shocks and that these households are unable to keep their family farm profits stable.