Risk Sharing and Public Transfers
Dercon, Stefan and Krishnan, Pramila (2002). Risk Sharing and Public Transfers. UNU-WIDER.
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Sub-type Discussion paper Author Dercon, Stefan
Krishnan, PramilaTitle Risk Sharing and Public Transfers Volume/Issue No. 2002/85 Publication Date 2002 Place of Publication Helsinki Publisher UNU-WIDER Pages 13 Language eng Abstract We use public transfers in the form of food aid to test for the presence of risk sharing arrangements at the village level in rural Ethiopia. We reject perfect risk-sharing, but find evidence of partial risk-sharing via transfers. There is also evidence c
Keyword Informal sector (economics)
Insurance
Risk
Risk management
Transfer paymentsCopyright Holder UNU-WIDER Copyright Year 2002 Copyright type Fair use permitted ISSN 16095774 ISBN 9789291902958 -
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