Insurance coverage in the developing world is expanding rapidly. As recently as 2005, only a small number of commercial insurers offered insurance products that specifically targeted low-income people ('microinsurance'). Seven years later, in 2012, more than half of the world's 50 largest...

Mutual insurance -- The era of the guilds: mutual insurance 1550-1800 -- the age of the friendly societies: mutual insurance in the nineteenth century -- The rise and decline of modern trad union insurance, 1900-65 -- New initiatives , 1965-2015 -- Principles and practices of mutual insurance,...

This paper examines whether myopia (misperception of the long-term care (LTC) risk) and private insurance market loading costs can justify social LTC insurance and/or the subsidization of private insurance. We use a two-period model wherein individuals differ in three unobservable...

The unemployment protection systems that exist in most Latin American economies are generally considered inadequate in terms of providing insurance to workers. They may also encourage stratified labor markets and impose barriers to the employee’s mobility and the firm's adjustment to changing...