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Weather index insurance can help households recover from extreme weather events
Kraehnert, Kati; Bertram-Huemmer, Veronika - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 8 (2018) 40, pp. 385-391
Weather index insurance is considered a promising international climate policy instrument that can help households adapt better to climate change. This is especially true in developing countries where households often suffer severely from the consequences of extreme weather events. This report...
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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 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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Banking the unbanked? : evidence from three countries
Karlan, Dean; Dupas, Pascaline; Robinson, Jonathan; … - 2016
were at the 79th, 91st, and 96th percentiles of baseline savings. Survey data show no clearly discernible intention …-to-treat effects on savings or any downstream outcomes. This suggests that policies merely focused on expanding access to basic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011516848
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Banking the Unbanked : Evidence from Three Countries
Dupas, Pascaline - 2016
monthly deposits for them were at the 79th, 91st, and 96th percentiles of baseline savings. Survey data show no clearly … discernible intention-to-treat effects on savings or any downstream outcomes. This suggests that policies merely focused on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012977735
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Banking the Unbanked? Evidence from Three Countries
Karlan, Dean S. - 2016
were at the 79th, 91st, and 96th percentiles of baseline savings. Survey data show no clearly discernible intention …-to-treat effects on savings or any downstream outcomes. This suggests that policies merely focused on expanding access to basic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012986153
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Loose knots : strong versus weak commitments to save for education in Uganda
Karlan, Dean; Linden, Leigh L. - 2014
, weaker restrictions may be a more effective means of changing behavior. We test this using a school-based commitment savings … which savings are available for cash withdrawal but intended for educational expenses. The weaker commitment generates … increased savings in the program accounts and when combined with a parent outreach program, higher expenditures on educational …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010236461
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Loose knots : strong versus weak commitments to save for education in Uganda
Karlan, Dean; Linden, Leigh L. - 2014
, weaker restrictions may be a more effective means of changing behavior. We test this using a school-based commitment savings … which savings are available for cash withdrawal but intended for educational expenses. The weaker commitment generates … increased savings in the program accounts and when combined with a parent outreach program, higher expenditures on educational …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010229900
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Loose Knots : Strong versus Weak Commitments to Save for Education in Uganda
Karlan, Dean S. - 2016
, weaker restrictions may be a more effective means of changing behavior. We test this using a school-based commitment savings … which savings are available for cash withdrawal but intended for educational expenses. The weaker commitment generates … increased savings in the program accounts and when combined with a parent outreach program, higher expenditures on educational …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013006825
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Loose Knots : Strong Versus Weak Commitments to Save for Education in Uganda
Karlan, Dean S. - 2014
, weaker restrictions may be a more effective means of changing behavior. We test this using a school-based commitment savings … which savings are available for cash withdrawal but intended for educational expenses. The weaker commitment generates … increased savings in the program accounts and when combined with a parent outreach program, higher expenditures on educational …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013060131