Precautionary Wealth and Financial Access : Evidence from Afghanistan

Precautionary Wealth and Financial Access : Evidence from Afghanistan

Households accumulate wealth as a reserve against unexpected contingencies. We employ a detailed household survey in Afghanistan to study how non-housing wealth accumulation of households varies with labor income uncertainty. We find that households facing higher income uncertainty accumulate si...

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Main Authors: Aghabarari, Leila, Rostom, Ahmed, Sinha, Rishabh
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:
ACCESS TO FINANCE
UNCERTAINTY
CONFLICT EXPOSURE
PRECAUTIONARY WEALTH
LIVESTOCK
JEWELRY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/334701522101910190/Precautionary-wealth-and-financial-access-evidence-from-Afghanistan
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30040

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/334701522101910190/Precautionary-wealth-and-financial-access-evidence-from-Afghanistan
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30040

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