Borrowing from the insurer: An empirical analysis of demand and impact of insurance in China

Farmers in developing countries face relatively large income risk and have limited access to formal financial products that can help them manage their risk. We present results from a randomized controlled trial in rural China designed to understand whether a small change in the timing of a premium p...

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Autores principales: Liu, Yanyan, Chen, Kevin Z., Hill, Ruth Vargas, Xiao, Chengwei
Formato: Artículo preliminar
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153724
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author Liu, Yanyan
Chen, Kevin Z.
Hill, Ruth Vargas
Xiao, Chengwei
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description Farmers in developing countries face relatively large income risk and have limited access to formal financial products that can help them manage their risk. We present results from a randomized controlled trial in rural China designed to understand whether a small change in the timing of a premium payment for a swine insurance contract helps to overcome an important barrier to insurance demand and, if so, whether the resulting increase in insurance would allow farmers to increase investment in activities that expose them to the risk being insured against. We find that insurance take-up is three times higher among those who were given the option to pay at the end of the insured period.
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spelling CGSpace1537242025-11-06T07:25:49Z Borrowing from the insurer: An empirical analysis of demand and impact of insurance in China Liu, Yanyan Chen, Kevin Z. Hill, Ruth Vargas Xiao, Chengwei agricultural insurance liquidity microinsurance insurance liquidity constraint Farmers in developing countries face relatively large income risk and have limited access to formal financial products that can help them manage their risk. We present results from a randomized controlled trial in rural China designed to understand whether a small change in the timing of a premium payment for a swine insurance contract helps to overcome an important barrier to insurance demand and, if so, whether the resulting increase in insurance would allow farmers to increase investment in activities that expose them to the risk being insured against. We find that insurance take-up is three times higher among those who were given the option to pay at the end of the insured period. 2013 2024-10-01T13:57:21Z 2024-10-01T13:57:21Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153724 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Liu, Yanyan; Chen, Kevin Z.; Hill, Ruth Vargas and Xiao, Chengwei. 2013. Borrowing from the insurer: An empirical analysis of demand and impact of insurance in China. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1306. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153724
spellingShingle agricultural insurance
liquidity
microinsurance
insurance
liquidity constraint
Liu, Yanyan
Chen, Kevin Z.
Hill, Ruth Vargas
Xiao, Chengwei
Borrowing from the insurer: An empirical analysis of demand and impact of insurance in China
title Borrowing from the insurer: An empirical analysis of demand and impact of insurance in China
title_full Borrowing from the insurer: An empirical analysis of demand and impact of insurance in China
title_fullStr Borrowing from the insurer: An empirical analysis of demand and impact of insurance in China
title_full_unstemmed Borrowing from the insurer: An empirical analysis of demand and impact of insurance in China
title_short Borrowing from the insurer: An empirical analysis of demand and impact of insurance in China
title_sort borrowing from the insurer an empirical analysis of demand and impact of insurance in china
topic agricultural insurance
liquidity
microinsurance
insurance
liquidity constraint
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153724
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