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For Better and for Worse - How Unpaid Bride Wealth provides Security

Hoogeveen, Hans - 2000

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

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Information technology, governance and insurance in sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Nnanna, Joseph; Acha-Anyi, Paul N. - 2019

Purpose - This study investigates the role of ICT in modulating the effect of governance on insurance penetration in 42 … sub-Saharan African countries using data for the period 2004- 2014. Design/methodology/approach -Two insurance indicators … are used in the analysis, namely: life insurance and non-life insurance. The three ICT modulating dynamics employed …

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The dynamics of women's labour supply in developing countries

Bhalotra, Sonia; Umaña-Aponte, Marcela - 2010

fertility. These findings suggest that insurance motives underpin the dynamics of women's work participation. Examination of …

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Is Mobile Money Changing Rural Africa? Evidence from a Field Experiment

Batista, Catia; Vicente, Pedro C. - 2021

Rural areas in sub-Saharan Africa are typically underserved by financial services. We measure the economic impact of introducing mobile money for the first time in rural villages of Mozambique using a randomized control trial. This intervention led to consumption smoothing through increased...

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Insurance and inequality in sub-Saharan Africa: Policy thresholds

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2020

In this study, we examine how insurance affects income inequality in sub-Saharan Africa, using data from 42 countries … Palma ratio. Two insurance premiums are employed, namely: life insurance and non-life insurance. The empirical evidence is … based on the Generalized Method of Moments (GMM). Life insurance increases the Gini coefficient and increasing life …

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Is Mobile Money Changing Rural Africa? Evidence from a Field Experiment

Batista, Catia; Vicente, Pedro C. - 2023

Rural areas in Sub-Saharan Africa are typically underserved by financial services. Mobile money brings a substantial reduction in the transaction costs of remittances. We follow the introduction of mobile money for the first time in rural villages of Mozambique using a randomized field...

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Women's labour supply and household insurance in Africa

Bhalotra, Sonia; Umaña-Aponte, Marcela - 2012

This paper investigates whether cyclical variation in women's labour supply in Africa contributes to smoothing household consumption. We find little support for this hypothesis. Using comparable individual data on about 0.5 million women in 30 Sub-Saharan African countries merged with country...

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