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Tropical Forests Provide Gendered Insurance against Illness

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  • Yoshito Takasaki
  • Oliver T. Coomes
  • Christian Abizaid

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Tropical forest peoples rely on wild resources to cope with adverse shocks (i.e., natural insurance). However, research has shown its limited scope against health shocks that constrain labor supply responses. This article examines natural insurance against illness through the lens of gender. We conducted a large-scale household survey in the Peruvian Amazon, where men mostly do wild resource harvesting. We found that fishing and nontimber forest-product gathering increased against female illness and remittances increased against male illness, suggesting that the scope of natural insurance and risk sharing against illness is shaped by gender in a complementary way.

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  • Yoshito Takasaki & Oliver T. Coomes & Christian Abizaid, 2024. "Tropical Forests Provide Gendered Insurance against Illness," Land Economics, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 100(2), pages 314-332.
    • Handle: RePEc:uwp:landec:v:100:y:2024:i:2:p:314-332
    Note: DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/le.100.2.111022-0096R
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    JEL classification:

    • O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration

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