random sample of individuals living in rural India, incentive compatible measures of patience and risk aversion, and detailed …

This paper analyzes data from a novel field experiment designed to test the impact of two different insurance products … simulated by a lottery. Risk-sharing is possible in solidarity groups of three and insurance is introduced via less risky … insurance if shocks are observable. Depending on insurance design, there is also evidence for persistence of this effect even if …

This high-stakes experiment investigates the effect on buyers of mandatory disclosures concerning an insurance policy … trusting plays an important role. Trust is clearly associated with greater willingness to pay for insurance. Unlike in previous … of breach is negligible. However, as for much B2C insurance marketing, face-to-face selling plays a crucial role in our …

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 …

) investment/savings and (c) insurance/assurance Using FinScope dataset from South Africa over the period 2003 to 2009,ordered …

rural India across the entire welfare distribution. The paper establishes that the disadvantage suffered by two historically … the SC and the ST households must remain a focus of attention besides promoting a more active labor market in rural India. …

factors governing entry rates, especially in the context of developing countries. Using 3-digit industry level data from India … institutional and legacy factors. We also find evidence to suggest that, in India, entry rates were positively associated with …

state and federal levels in India. As a consequence, significant inter-caste and inter-religion differences in earnings have …-religion earnings in India during the 1987-99 period, using the 43rd and 55th rounds of National Sample Survey (NSS). Our results …