This paper studies the mechanisms and the extent to which parental wage risk passes through to children's skill development. Through a quantitative dynamic labor supply model in which two parents choose whether to work short or long hours or not work at all, time spent with children, and...

This paper discusses the effects of death and illness on household income and non-health consumption for all and different subsamples of households in Ethiopia. With a few exceptions, the results suggest that the insurance mechanism in the country does not fully insure household income and...