We take a dynamic perspective on insurance markets under adverseselection and study a generalized Rothschildand … dynamic contracts. An unconditional dynamiccontract has insurance companies offeringcontracts where the terms of the contract … on individualpast performance (like in car insurances). Weinvestigate whether allowing insurance companies to offer …

This paper investigates the effects of intensified screening of disability insurance benefit applications. A large …-scale experiment was setup where in 2 of the 26 Dutch regions case workers of the disability insurance administration were instructed … absenteeism and disability insurance applications. This provides evidence both for direct effects of the more intensive screening …

insurance mechanisms, bride wealth qualifies as an importantsecurity enhancing institution: the arrangement covers nearly the …

worker buys an insurance, which gives a constant income and retirement benefits in exchange for the total output. The level …

contracts to crowd out implicit insurance, even though the latter yields higher welfare.Integrating the principal-agent and …

insurance to employers: when firms are hit by temporary shocks the effect on profits is cushioned by risk sharing with workers …

We study an insurance model characterized by a continuum of risk types, private information and a competitive supply …

Assessing the scope for insurance in rural communities usually requires a structural model of household behavior under … Indian farmers in the ICRISAT villages would not benefit from the introduction of formal weather insurance. In this paper we … that this can affect the conclusion that insurance would not be welfare improving. …