Migration and informal insurance: evidence from a randomized controlled trial and a structural model

DOI10.1093/RESTUD/RDAB021zbMATH Open1484.91399OpenAlexW3176796431MaRDI QIDQ5064530FDOQ5064530

Authors: Costas Meghir, Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak, Corina Mommaerts, Melanie Morten 

Publication date: 16 March 2022

Published in: Review of Economic Studies (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://www.nber.org/papers/w26082.pdf

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zbMATH Keywords

RCTmigrationBangladeshinformal insurance

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Actuarial mathematics (91G05) Spatial models in sociology (91D25) Utility theory (91B16)

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