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Risk, insurance and wages in general equilibrium
Mobarak, Ahmed Musfiq; Rosenzweig, Mark - 2013
We estimate the general-equilibrium labor market effects of a large-scale randomized intervention in which we designed and marketed a rainfall index insurance product across three states in India. Marketing agricultural insurance to both cultivators and to agricultural wage laborers allows us to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010369076
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Risk, Insurance and Wages in General Equilibrium
Mobarak, Ahmed Mushfiq - 2013
We estimate the general-equilibrium labor market effects of a large-scale randomized intervention in which we designed and marketed a rainfall index insurance product across three states in India. Marketing agricultural insurance to both cultivators and to agricultural wage laborers allows us to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013071849
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Risk, insurance and wages in general equilibrium
Mobarak, Ahmed Musfiq; Rosenzweig, Mark Richard - 2013
We estimate the general-equilibrium labor market effects of a large-scale randomized intervention in which we designed and marketed a rainfall index insurance product across three states in India. Marketing agricultural insurance to both cultivators and to agricultural wage laborers allows us to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010212548
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The macroeconomic consequences of subsistence self-employment
Herreño, Juan; Ocampo Díaz, Sergio - 2023 - This version: January 24, 2023
larger crowding-out of private savings in response to a higher availability of credit. …We evaluate the aggregate effects of expansions of credit supply in environments where subsistence self-employment is …-employed. We find that the elasticity of aggregate output to expansions in credit supply is proportional to the elasticity of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013536336
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Indirect effects of an aid program : the case of progresa and consumption
Angelucci, Manuela (contributor);  … - 2006
changes in the insurance and credit markets: non-eligible households receive more transfers, and borrow more when hit by a … negative idiosyncratic shock, because of the program liquidity injection, thus they can reduce their precautionary savings. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003278943
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Conditional cash transfer and informality in Brazil
Barbosa, Ana Luiza Neves de Holanda; Corseuil, Carlos … - In: IZA journal of labor & development 3 (2014), pp. 1-18
This study analyses the impact of Bolsa Família (a Brazilian conditional cash transfer programme) in the allocation of labour inputs regarding formal and informal activities. The methodology relies on a discontinuity in the programme eligibility rule regarding children's age to attain the...
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Innovative Approaches to Managing Longevity Risk in Asia : Lessons from the West
Roy, Amlan - 2012
This paper discusses what is longevity risk, why it is important, approaches used by the West to manage longevity risk, and what lessons can be learnt by Asian countries from the experiences of the West. Increasing and uncertain longevity has emerged as a key risk affecting individuals, pension...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013107758
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Indirect Effects of an Aid Program : The Case of Progresa and Consumption
Angelucci, Manuela; De Giorgi, Giacomo - 2021
changes in the insurance and credit markets: non-eligible households receive more transfers, and borrow more when hit by a … negative idiosyncratic shock, because of the program liquidity injection, thus they can reduce their precautionary savings. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317680
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Työpankki välittäjänä ja työllistäjana: Työpankkien toiminnan vaikuttavuuden tarkennettu arviointi
Asplund, Rita; Kauhanen, Antti; Vanhala, Pekka - 2017
irrespective of whether or not the job bank client‘s employment involves wage subsidies. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012037695
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Why does piped water not reduce diarrhea for children? : evidence from urban Yemen
Lechtenfeld, Tobias - 2012
This paper investigates why household connections to piped water supply can increase diarrheal diseases among under-5-year-old children. Using a unique mix of household data, microbiological test results and spatial information from urban Yemen it is possible to distinguish the adverse impacts...
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