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Barriers to Household Risk Management: Evidence from India.


ABSTRACT: Why do many households remain exposed to large exogenous sources of non-systematic income risk? We use a series of randomized field experiments in rural India to test the importance of price and non-price factors in the adoption of an innovative rainfall insurance product. Demand is significantly price sensitive, but widespread take-up would not be achieved even if the product offered a payout ratio comparable to U.S. insurance contracts. We present evidence suggesting that lack of trust, liquidity constraints and limited salience are significant non-price frictions that constrain demand. We suggest contract design improvements to mitigate these frictions.

SUBMITTER: Cole S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3995033 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Barriers to Household Risk Management: Evidence from India.

Cole Shawn S   Giné Xavier X   Tobacman Jeremy J   Townsend Robert R   Topalova Petia P   Vickery James J  

American economic journal. Applied economics 20130101 1


Why do many households remain exposed to large exogenous sources of non-systematic income risk? We use a series of randomized field experiments in rural India to test the importance of price and non-price factors in the adoption of an innovative rainfall insurance product. Demand is significantly price sensitive, but widespread take-up would not be achieved even if the product offered a payout ratio comparable to U.S. insurance contracts. We present evidence suggesting that lack of trust, liquid  ...[more]

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