larger earnings fluctuations than employees and that they frequently transition into unemployment. Given the self …-employed are not eligible to unemployment insurance, I analyze the provision of benefits targeted at these risks using a calibrated …. This exercise suggests that extending the current US unemployment insurance scheme to the self-employed comes with a clear …

larger earnings fluctuations than employees and that they frequently transition into unemployment. Given that the self …-employed are not eligible to unemployment insurance, I analyze the provision of benefits targeted at these risks using a calibrated … heterogeneity. This exercise suggests that extending the current U.S. unemployment insurance scheme to the self-employed comes with …

This paper investigates how rural-urban income differentials interact with the risk coping motive to shape households …' migration behavior. Using a model of migration behavior under agricultural income risk, our theoretical results suggest that … agricultural income risk the household is facing. Empirical findings on Chinese farm households indicate that the incidence of …

larger earnings fluctuations than employees and that they frequently transition into unemployment. Given the self …-employed are not eligible to unemployment insurance, I analyze the provision of benefits targeted at these risks using a calibrated …. This exercise suggests that extending the current US unemployment insurance scheme to the self-employed comes with a clear …

improving households' risk-management through income diversification. The intervention targeted agricultural households exposed … interventions led to diversification of economic activities and better protection from shocks compared to beneficiaries of the basic …