Economic Vulnerabilities of Fishing-Dependent Households around Laguna Lake, Philippines

• Main Author: Palanca-Tan, Rosalina
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2020
• Subjects: aquaculture; economic vulnerability; household consumption expenditures; income elasticity of consumption; open fishing; Aquaculture and Fisheries; Economics
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/economics-faculty-pubs/171; https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1166&context=economics-faculty-pubs
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

The study characterizes the mainly subsistence fishing communities surrounding Laguna Lake and provides empirical evidence of the economic deprivation that they are experiencing using survey data. Following a multi-dimensional approach, the paper focuses on consumption expenditures as the prime indi...