propensity to insure against independent marketable risks. We apply these predictions to the specific case of labor income risk … and car insurance using data from the UK. The main empirical results are: - higher labor income risk induces a higher … demand for car insurance. - the effects of increases in labor income risk after 1979 seem to be more than offset by a more …

what are the risks of the four alternative pension systems: financial defined contribution (FDC), notional or non … conclusion is that NDC is neutral in terms of externalities. It manages the risks and eliminates the negative externalities …

experiment, based on representative household panel data. The results indicate that the insurance effect of a more forgiving …

In 2007, China launched a subsidized voluntary public health insurance program, the Urban Resident Basic Medical … Insurance, for urban residents without formal employment, including children, the elderly, and other unemployed urban residents …

related risks, particularly in developing countries. Donor organizations, local governments, insurance companies, development …Recently, Weather Index Insurance (WII) has received considerable attention as a tool to insure farmers against weather …

, nonetheless 50% of the Irish population purchase private health insurance. This paper empirically models the propensity to insure … that persistence is a highly significant determinant of demand for private health insurance and also that it reduces the …