Why do many households remain exposed to large exogenous sources of non-systematic income risk? This paper uses a series of randomized field experiments in rural India to test the importance of price and non-price factors in the adoption of an innovative rainfall insurance product. The analysis finds that demand is significantly price-elastic, but that even if insurance were offered with payout ratios similar to US, widespread coverage would not be...
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تفاصيل
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2010/12/01
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ورقة عمل خاصة ببحوث السياسات
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WPS5504
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1
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2010/12/01
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Disclosed
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Barriers to household risk management : evidence from India
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Finance & Private Sector Development
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تقرير كامل
نسخة رسمية من الوثيقة (قد تضم توقيعات، الخ)
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