Coping with Coping

When rural households face shocks — a failed monsoon, a health emergency, a price crash — they cope in many ways: selling assets, cutting consumption, borrowing, pulling children out of school, or migrating. These strategies help families survive in the short run, but they can carry lasting costs that deepen vulnerability over time. This project looks beyond whether households cope to ask what coping itself costs — how today's survival strategies shape tomorrow's livelihoods, and where policy can lower the price households pay to manage risk.

Theme

Risk, shocks, and household coping strategies

Question

The long-run costs of coping

Status

Ongoing