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Social protection for working-age women in Tanzania: Exploring past policy trajectories and simulating future pathsTanzania has expanded its social protection framework significantly over the past decade, but the country continues to grapple with important gender inequalities...
Social protection Tanzania WomenJournal Article
Gender priming in solidarity games: The Philippine contextWhat is the effect of gender priming on solidarity behavior? We explore a two-player solidarity game where players can insure each other against risk of losses. We test this experimentally in a developing country setting, the Philippines...
Gender priming Gender differencesWorking Paper
Gender priming in solidarity games: The Philippine contextWhat is the effect of gender priming on solidarity behaviour? We explore a two-player solidarity game where players can insure each other against the risk of losses...
Gender priming Gender differencesJournal Article
Understanding farmers' valuation of agricultural insurance: Evidence from VietnamPart of Journal Special Issue Understanding agricultural development and change
Insurance Agriculture RiskPresentation
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Understanding farmers’ valuation of agricultural insurance: Evidence from VietnamWe employ a novel approach to investigate the reasons for a low demand for agricultural insurance. We confirm that farmers systematically undervalue agricultural insurance...
Insurance Agriculture RiskBook Chapter
Women’s Labour Supply and Household Insurance in AfricaThis paper investigates whether cyclical variation in women’s labour supply in Africa contributes to smoothing household consumption. We find little support for this hypothesis...
Business cycles Insurance Labour supplyWorking Paper
Women’s Labour Supply and Household Insurance in AfricaThis paper investigates whether cyclical variation in women’s labour supply in Africa contributes to smoothing household consumption. We find little support for this hypothesis...
Business cycles Insurance Labour supplyJournal Article
Globalization and the Role of Public Transfers in Redistributing Income in Latin America and the CaribbeanPart of Journal Special Issue Globalization, Poverty, and Inequality in Latin America
Equality and inequality Income distribution InsuranceWorking Paper
Globalization and the Role of Public Transfers in Redistributing Income in Latin America and the CaribbeanThis paper focuses on measuring the extent to which publicly subsidized transfers in Latin America and the Caribbean redistribute income...
Equality and inequality Income distribution InsuranceBook Chapter
Microinsurance for the Informal Economy Workers in IndiaFrom the book: Linking the Formal and Informal Economy
Informal sector Insurance Nonprofit organizationsBook
Insurance Against PovertyPoor people in developing countries are often affected by droughts, floods, illness, crop failure, job loss, and economic downturns. Much of their energy goes into coping with these shocks and into day-to-day survival...
Economic policy Financial institutions InsuranceBook Chapter
Consumption Smoothing Across Space: Testing Theories of Risk-Sharing in the ICRISAT Study Region of South IndiaFrom the book: Insurance Against Poverty
Informal sector Insurance Risk managementBook Chapter
Inequality and RiskFrom the book: Insurance Against Poverty
Equality and inequality Insurance PovertyBook Chapter
The Macroeconomic Repercussions of Agricultural Shocks and their Implications for InsuranceFrom the book: Insurance Against Poverty
Agriculture Insurance MacroeconomicsBook Chapter
Targeting and Informal InsuranceFrom the book: Insurance Against Poverty
Informal sector Insurance Risk