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Provedor de dados: | 31
País: | United States
Título: | Determinants of Participation in a Catastrophe Insurance Programme: Empirical Evidence from a Developing Country
Autores: | Akter,   Sonia; Brouwer,   Roy; Chowdhury,   Saria; Aziz,   Salina.
Data: | 2008-05-09
Ano: | 2008
Palavras-chave: | Natural disasters; Catastrophe; Insurance; Participation; Risk; Bangladesh; Consumer/Household Economics; Environmental Economics and Policy; International Development; Risk and Uncertainty; Q54.
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.
Tipo: | Conference Paper or Presentation
Idioma: | Inglês

Identificador:

29765

http://purl.umn.edu/5984

Relação:

Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society - 2008&gt;2008 Conference (52nd), February 5-8, 2008, Canberra, Australia

Conference Paper

Formato: | 37