ist weltweit spürbar und Roboter und Maschinen sind in vielen Ländern bereits Realität. Es wird jedoch die These vertreten …

The consequences of business cycle contingencies in unemployment insurance systems are considered in a search …-matching model allowing for shifts between “good” and “bad” states of nature. We show that not only is there an insurance argument …

) investment/savings and (c) insurance/assurance Using FinScope dataset from South Africa over the period 2003 to 2009,ordered …

categorised in three types namely; general accounts and services, investment/savings and insurance/assurance. Taking into account …

This paper analyzes data from a novel field experiment designed to test the impact of two different insurance products … simulated by a lottery. Risk-sharing is possible in solidarity groups of three and insurance is introduced via less risky … insurance if shocks are observable. Depending on insurance design, there is also evidence for persistence of this effect even if …

drive the demand for risk reduction, and some to alter both. Our findings suggest that 30 percent of all insurance payments …

aspect of the EITC that has received little attention thus far is its role as a public insurance program. Yet, the structure … to both wages and changes in family structure. Our study provides the first quantitative statement about the insurance … demographic risk, but have only limited self-insurance capacity. We use the model to compare outcomes under the EITC to the …

Do migrants send remittances as a way of obtaining insurance? While this motive is theoretically suggested in the … a "purchase of self-insurance" motive to remit, we also provide evidence of more remittances sent by risk averse …