Social Networks and the Decision to Insure

By Jing Cai, A. de Janvry, E. Sadoulet. 2015

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Safety Research, Soil Science

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Can You Help Someone Become Financially Capable?: A Meta-Analysis of the Literature (2015, background): “Examples of positive impacts come from Cai et al. (2013), who ﬁnd that ﬁnancial education sessions for rural farmers increase take-up rates for insurance in China.”
Social Networks, Reputation, and Commitment: Evidence From a Savings Monitors Experiment (2019, methodology): “As monitors are drawn from a random pool of villagers, they naturally vary in their position in the village network: 1The present field experiment was inspired by the earlier lab-in-the-field study Breza et al. (2015).”
Leveling with friends: Social networks and Indian farmers' demand for a technology with heterogeneous benefits (2015, background): “…benefits and correct use of new Spielman@cgiar.org ti@ucdavis.edu (K. Gulati). technologies through their social networks (Bandiera and Rasul, 2006; Cai et al., 2015; Conley and Udry, 2010; Maertens, 2013; McNiven and Gilligan, 2012; Munshi, 2004).4 Less is known, however, about the role of…”
After the Drought: The Impact of Microinsurance on Consumption Smoothing and Asset Protection (2013, positive): “Cai et al. (2015) find that insurance for sows significantly increases farmers’ tendency to raise sows in southwestern China, where sow production is considered a risky production activity with potentially large returns.”
The Economic Importance of Financial Literacy: Theory and Evidence (2014, positive): “Cai, de Janvry, and Sadoulet (2013) showed that lack of financial education was a major constraint on the demand for weather insurance in rural China and that financial training could significantly improve take-up rates.”