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Heterogeneity and risk sharing in village economies

Chiappori, Pierre-André; Krislert Samphantharak; … - In: Quantitative economics : QE ; journal of the … 5 (2014) 1, pp. 1-27

, we measure heterogeneity in risk aversion among households in Thai villages using a full risk-sharing model, which we … then test allowing for this heterogeneity. There is substantial, statistically significant heterogeneity in estimated risk … preferences are unrelated to wealth or other characteristics. The heterogeneity matters for policy: Although the average household …

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Heterogeneity and risk sharing in village economies

Chiappori, Pierre-André; Krislert Samphantharak; … - In: Quantitative economics : QE ; journal of the … 5 (2014) 1, pp. 1-27

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010359461

Credible ecological inference for medical decisions with personalized risk assessment

Manski, Charles F. - In: Quantitative economics : QE ; journal of the … 9 (2018) 2, pp. 541-569

This paper studies an identification problem that arises when clinicians seek to personalize patient care by predicting health outcomes conditional on observed patient covariates. Let y be an outcome of interest and let (x=k, w=j) be observed patient covariates. Suppose a clinician wants to...

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Identification of income : leisure preferences and evaluation of income tax policy

Manski, Charles F. - In: Quantitative economics : QE ; journal of the … 5 (2014) 1, pp. 145-174

The merits of alternative income tax policies depend on the population distribution of preferences for income and leisure. Standard theory, which supposes that persons want more income and more leisure, does not predict how they resolve the tension between these desires. Empirical studies of...

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