We investigate partial insurance and group risk sharing in extended family networks. Our approach is based on … insured, having accounted for public insurance programs. We apply our framework to extended family networks in the United … insurance for such idiosyncratic shocks …

We investigate partial insurance and group risk sharing in extended family networks. Our approach is based on … insurable within extended family networks. However, we find little evidence that the extended family provides insurance for such …

Mounting evidence documents a stark correlation between income and health, yet the causal mechanisms behind this … gradient are poorly understood. This paper examines the impact of access to expertise on health, and whether unequal access to … expertise contributes to the health-income gradient. Our empirical setting, Sweden, allows us to shut down inequality in formal …

Health insurance in the United States for the working age population has traditionally been provided in the form of … employer-sponsored health insurance (ESHI). If employers offered ESHI to their employees, they also typically extended coverage … find that households' valuation of employer-sponsored spousal health insurance is significantly reduced under the ACA, and …

Health insurance in the United States for the working age population has traditionally been provided in the form of … employer-sponsored health insurance (ESHI). If employers offered ESHI to their employees, they also typically extended coverage … find that households' valuation of employersponsored spousal health insurance is significantly reduced under the ACA, and …