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Type | Journal Article - Economic Journal |
Title | Risk Sharing and Public Transfers |
Author(s) | |
Volume | 113 |
Issue | 486 |
Publication (Day/Month/Year) | 2003 |
Page numbers | C86-C-0 |
URL | http://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ecj:econjl:v:113:y:2003:i:486:p:c86-c94 |
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 consistent with crowding out of informal insurance linked to food aid programmes. Copyright Royal Economic Society 2003 |
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Dercon, Stefan, and Pramila Krishnan. "Risk Sharing and Public Transfers." Economic Journal 113, no. 486 (2003): C86-C-0.