TY  - GEN
T1  - Livestock asset dynamics among pastoralists in Northern Kenya
A1  - Mburu,Samuel
A1  - Kaiser,Micha
A1  - Sousa-Poza,Alfonso
Y1  - 2017/09/28
N2  - Understanding household-level asset dynamics has important implications for designing relevant poverty reduction policies. To advance this understanding,  we develop a microeconomic model to analyze the impact of a shock (for  example a drought) on the behavioral decisions of pastoralists in Northern Kenya. Using household panel data this study then explores the livestock asset dynamics using  both non-parametric and semi-parametric techniques to establish the shape of the  asset accumulation path and to determine whether multiple equilibria exist.  More specifically, using tropical livestock units as a measure of livestock  accumulation over time, we show not only that these assets converge to a single   equilibrium but that forage availability and herd diversity play a major role in such livestock accumulation.
KW  - Kenia
KW  - Hirt
KW  - Viehbesatz
KW  - Armut
KW  - Semiparametrische Schätzung
CY  - Hohenheim
PB  - Kommunikations-, Informations- und Medienzentrum der Universität Hohenheim
AD  - Garbenstr. 15, 70593 Stuttgart
UR  - http://opus.uni-hohenheim.de/volltexte/2017/1409
ER  -