Analysis of Vulnerability to Poverty of Households: A Focus on the Impact of Weather Hazards and Covid-19

Date

6-2023

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Economics

College

College of Economics and Management (CEM)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Paul Joseph B. Ramirez

Committee Member

Gideon P. Carnaje, Agham C. Cuevas

Abstract

Using the Vulnerability as Expected Poverty framework and a three-step Feasible Generalized Least Squares (FGLS) method, this study investigates the effect of weather hazards and the COVID-19 pandemic on the probability of households of falling into poverty in the future. A survey among 156 household heads from the City of San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan was administered to identify the impact of the selected shocks on the households’ consumption expenditure. Using the three international poverty thresholds ($1.90, $2.00, $2.15) and the provincial poverty line ($2.09), it was found that the sample households have a low mean poverty vulnerability level. Further, it was revealed that the selected predictor variables namely flood level, drought, landslide, weather-hazards- induced mortality, COVID-19-induced job or income loss, and COVID-19 mortality have significant effect on the poverty vulnerability of the respondents.

Language

English

LC Subject

Poverty—Economic aspects, Hazard mitigation, COVID-19 (Disease)

Location

UPLB College of Economics and Management (CEM)

Call Number

LG 993.5 2023 E2 E83

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