To test whether transfers sent and received by regional migrants serve an insurance role, this paper estimates the … rainfall shocks in rural Nicaragua, I find that migrants aged 15-21 years provide unilateral insurance to their origin … household. Distinguishing by destination and economic activity I show that the level of insurance increases when migrants and …

Do remittances sent by overseas migrants serve as insurance for recipient households? This paper examines how … with an insurance motivation for remittances. In such households, we cannot reject the null hypothesis of full insurance … remittances sent by overseas migrants respond to income shocks experienced by Philippine households. Because household income and …

location decisions. We show that the impact of remittances on the risk faced by the migrant is more complex than usually … location of risk might be counter-intuitive, as remittances increase the migrant’s exposure to risk in the origin country. Also … acknowledged. On the one hand, their effect on aggregate risk is non-monotonic. On the other hand, their impact on the geographical …

between households' perceived exposure to uninsured risk, measured as past exposure to deviations in average rainfall levels … the depletion of assets. We also consider the interaction between past weather-risk exposure and the actual realization of … weather shocks to ascertain the extent to which the investment strategies of risk-exposed households "pay off" by buffering …

between households' perceived exposure to uninsured risk, measured as past exposure to deviations in average rainfall levels … the depletion of assets. We also consider the interaction between past weather-risk exposure and the actual realization of … weather shocks to ascertain the extent to which the investment strategies of risk-exposed households "pay off" by buffering …

childcare—that men do not. In essence, the basis risk associated with agricultural insurance products is higher for women …Although there is fast-growing policy interest in offering financial products to help rural households manage risk, the … and Burkina Faso to compare male and female farmers who are offered index-based agricultural insurance with those who are …

macroeconomic and political uncertainty. Demand for macroeconomic shock insurance was high; 36.7 percent of microentrepreneurs in … the treatment group purchased insurance. However, purchasing insurance does not change the likelihood that a business … that, contrary to what they profess, macroeconomic and political risk is not inhibiting the investment behavior of …

nets which are still absent in Indonesia?as in most developing countries?can give priority to the insurance of other types …

nets which are still absent in Indonesia?as in most developing countries?can give priority to the insurance of other types …