Kin transfers as safety nets in response to idiosyncratic and correlated shocks

While formal insurance is widespread in much of the developed world, households in lower-income countries continue to rely heavily on informal risk-sharing networks when faced with unexpected shocks. Kin networks of non-coresident family members may play an important role by providing each other wit...

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Main Authors:	Herskowitz, Sylvan, Kleemans, Marieke, Pulido, Cristhian
Format:	Artículo preliminar
Language:	Inglés
Published:	International Food Policy Research Institute 2021
Subjects:	insurance income rain social networks shock households social protection risk social safety nets household consumption
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143379