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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
Determinants of Participation in a Catastrophe Insurance Programme: Empirical Evidence from a Developing Country
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| Autores: |
Akter, Sonia
Brouwer, Roy
Chowdhury, Saria
Aziz, Salina
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| Data: |
2008-05-09
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| Ano: |
2008
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| Palavras-chave: |
Natural disasters
Catastrophe
Insurance
Participation
Risk
Bangladesh
Consumer/Household Economics
Environmental Economics and Policy
International Development
Risk and Uncertainty
Q54
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| Resumo: |
The paper presents empirical evidence of the determinants of catastrophe insurance participation in one of the poorest and most disaster prone countries in the world. In a large-scale household survey carried out in 2006 we ask 3,000 residents in six different districts in Bangladesh facing various environmental risk exposure levels about their willingness to participate in a catastrophe insurance programme. Combining factors put forward in risk theory and economics, we estimate a model of insurance participation. We show that the household decision to participate in the insurance programme differs depending on both exogenous and endogenous risk exposure levels. As predicted by micro-economic theory, ability to pay, measured in terms of household income and access to credit, significantly affects insurance participation. Furthermore, among the sociodemographic factors investigated in this case study, respondent education and occupation are found to significantly influence household decision making. Our study suggests that low participation rates for catastrophe insurance in a developing country can be explained by high rates of illiteracy and limited access to credit.
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| Tipo: |
Conference Paper or Presentation
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
29765
http://purl.umn.edu/5984
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| Relação: |
Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society - 2008>2008 Conference (52nd), February 5-8, 2008, Canberra, Australia
Conference Paper
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| Formato: |
37
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