Adjusting the Labor Supply to Mitigate Violent Shocks : Evidence from Rural Colombia

This paper studies the use of labor markets to mitigate the impact of violent shocks on households in rural areas in Colombia. It examines changes in the labor supply from on-farm to off-farm labor as a means of coping with the violent shock and th...

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Main Authors:	Fernández, Manuel, Ibáñez, Ana María, Peña, Ximena
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO LABOR MARKETS ADULT MALES AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL SHOCKS AGRICULTURAL WAGES ASSET DEPLETION ASSET LOSSES BARGAINING BARGAINING POWER CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM CENTRAL REGION CHILD LABOR COLLECTIVE ACTION COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES CONCENTRATION OF LAND CONFLICT CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE CONSUMPTION INSURANCE CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING COPING MECHANISMS COPING STRATEGY COVARIATE SHOCKS CREDIT MARKETS CRIME CROP DIVERSIFICATION DAILY WAGE DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DIFFERENTIATED IMPACT DISPLACED PERSONS DISPLACEMENT DROUGHT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC COSTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC SHOCK ECONOMIC SHOCKS ECONOMICS EMPLOYMENT EXCLUSION RESTRICTION EXOGENOUS CHARACTERISTICS FAMILY MEMBERS FARM ACTIVITIES FARM EMPLOYMENT FARM LABOR FARM PRODUCTION FARM WORK FEMALE FEMALE LABOR FEMALE LABOR FORCE FEMALES FINANCIAL MARKETS FLEXIBLE LABOR MARKETS FORMAL LABOR MARKET FRONTIER REGIONS GENDER HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD CHORES HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD WEALTH HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RESOURCES HUMAN RIGHTS IDIOSYNCRATIC SHOCKS IMPACT OF SHOCKS INCOME INCOME GENERATION INCOME GROWTH INCOME SHOCK INEQUALITY INHABITANTS INSURANCE INSURANCE MARKETS JOBS LABOR DEMAND LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR INFORMATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET ACTIVITIES LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKETS LABOR SUPPLY LACK OF WATER LAND DISTRIBUTION LAND OWNERSHIP LAND PRODUCTIVITY LAND QUALITY LAND REFORM LAND TENURE LAUNDRY LIVESTOCK ACTIVITIES LIVESTOCK INCOME LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION MALE COUNTERPARTS MALNUTRITION MICRO-REGIONS OPPORTUNITY COSTS PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR POVERTY DYNAMICS POVERTY REDUCTION PREVIOUS PARAGRAPHS PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES PRODUCTIVITY PROPERTY RIGHTS REASSIGNMENT REGIONAL POWER RENTS REPEATED SHOCKS RISK MANAGEMENT RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL DISTRICT RURAL DISTRICTS RURAL HOUSEHOLD RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL LABOR RURAL LABOR MARKET RURAL LABOR MARKETS RURAL POPULATION RURAL REGIONS SAVINGS SCHOOLING SMALL FARMS SOCIAL CAPITAL SUBSISTENCE TARGETING UNEMPLOYED URBAN AREAS VILLAGES WAGE RATE WAGES WAR WORKING HOURS
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Adjusting the Labor Supply to Mitigate Violent Shocks : Evidence from Rural Colombia

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