Group-Based Funeral Insurance in Ethiopia and Tanzania.

By Stefan Dercon, J. Weerdt, Tessa Bold, A. Pankhurst. 2006

242 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Safety Research, Soil Science

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/6c0dcf75ca5b9fc2ed333bb800fb8d9ec2544e54

How researchers see this paper

The researchers whose trusted networks rank it highest, strongest advocate first. Every researcher gets a different order.

In Economics and Econometrics

In Safety Research

In Soil Science

Citations in the corpus

Risk Pooling, Risk Preferences, and Social Networks (2012, background): “We now know that informal risk sharing groups or networks rarely if ever encompass entire communities (Fafchamps and Lund (2003), Murgai et al.”
Social protection response to the COVID-19 crisis: options for developing countries (2020, background): “Although there may be justifiable concerns about a lack of accountability, institutions with a long history and broad base of membership may be particularly resistant to the capture of transfers (Dercon et al., 2006).”
Risk Sharing Between Households (2011, background): “Dercon et al. (2006) and Dercon et al. (2006) study funeral societies in Ethiopia and elsewhere. They nd funeral societies to be highly prevalent in the study areas. They are based on well-dened rules and regulations, often o¤ering premium-based insurance for funeral expenses. Increasingly, they a”
Offering Rainfall Insurance to Informal Insurance Groups: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Ethiopia (2012, unknown): “Members' contributions were mostly made at the time of a funeral, however over the past two decades iddirs have started to formalize and provide more services to members (Dercon et al., 2006).”
Adoption of weather‐index insurance: learning from willingness to pay among a panel of households in rural Ethiopia (2013, unknown): “These associations are self-governing and are striking in their degree of formality; often there are written rules and records of contributions and payouts (Dercon et al. 2006).”
The contribution of livestock to the Ethiopian economy – part II (2011, background): “Iddir membership is widespread in rural areas (Dercon et al. 2004; Bold n.d.).”
Shocks, Consumption and Income Diversification in Rural Ethiopia (2012, background): “This can be combined with some of the other evidence on informal risk coping strategies such as the limited insurance role of transfers (Pan, 2009) and the prevalent role of Iddir (funeral associations) in insuring deaths (Dercon et al., 2006).”
Social capital, risk preference and adoption of improved farm land management practices in Ethiopia (2015, methodology): “Iddirs’ are established for providing mutual aid to families following the death of members (Di Falco and Bulte, 2013; Dercon et al., 2006). They also serve as an insurance mechanism by providing money in case of accidents, such as fire, loss of livestock, harvest failure, and during times of illnes”