RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Poverty and the Environment: Exploring the Relationship Between Household Incomes, Private Assets, and Natural Assets
JF Land Economics
JO Land Econ
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 148
OP 167
DO 10.3368/le.84.1.148
VO 84
IS 1
A1 Urvashi Narain
A1 Shreekant Gupta
A1 Klaas van ’t Veld
YR 2008
UL http://le.uwpress.org/content/84/1/148.abstract
AB This paper develops an analytical framework to examine how rural households in developing countries derive income from common-pool natural resource stocks. The focus is on how three types of private assets—land, livestock, and human capital—and one household characteristic—its size—interact with the natural assets to form the basis of household livelihood strategies. Predictions of the model are tested using purpose-collected data from rural households in Jhabua, India. Implications of our results for the potential of improved natural resource management to alleviate poverty are discussed. (JEL Q12, Q21)