Empirical evidence that migrants send home more remittances after disasters raises the question of whether remittances are used to self-insure, substituting for both formal and informal insurance. We investigate this question using a unique dataset on the usage patterns of financial services by...

Empirical evidence that migrants send home more remittances after disasters raises the question of whether remittances can be used to self-insure, substituting for both formal and informal insurance. We investigate this question using a unique data set on the usage patterns of financial services...

In den meisten Entwicklungs- und Schwellenländern bestehen keine umfasƯsenden Systeme der sozialen Sicherung. Private Versicherungen sind für einen Großteil der Bevölkerung meist schwer zugänglich oder sehr teuer. Von Risiken sind jedoch alle Menschen betroffen und arme...

Using census-based data on the ability to recall one's age, we show that low levels of nutrition impaired numeracy in industrializing England, 1780 to 1850: cognitive ability declined among those born during the Napoleonic wars. The effect was stronger in areas where grain was expensive and...

In den meisten Entwicklungs- und Schwellenländern bestehen keine umfasƯsenden Systeme der sozialen Sicherung. Private Versicherungen sind für einen Großteil der Bevölkerung meist schwer zugänglich oder sehr teuer. Von Risiken sind jedoch alle Menschen betroffen und arme...

Empirical evidence that migrants send home more remittances after disasters raises the question of whether remittances can be used to self-insure, substituting for both formal and informal insurance. We investigate this question using a unique data set on the usage patterns of financial services...