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dc.contributor.authorFafchamps, Marcelen
dc.date.accessioned2011-12-14T09:40:22Z-
dc.date.available2011-12-14T09:40:22Z-
dc.date.issued2002-
dc.identifier.isbn9291901334en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/52827-
dc.description.abstractIn poor societies, asset accumulation serves as insurance. It also opens the door to wider inequality. Many societies prohibit certain types of accumulation, such as land sales or indenture contracts. This paper investigates the theoretical relationship between risk sharing, asset accumulation, and long-term inequality. Scenarios with and without growth are contrasted. The paper also examines how asymmetric risk sharing (patronage) interacts with wealth accumulation to generate unequal distribution of assets and consumption while providing insurance to the poor. The paper provides insights for policy related to poverty and insurance. It refers to empirical evidence without providing new empirical findings. – inequality ; poverty ; precautionary savings ; patronage ; mutual insurance ; risk sharing ; wealth distributionen
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aThe United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) |cHelsinkien
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aWIDER Discussion Paper |x2002/07en
dc.subject.jelO16en
dc.subject.jelD30en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.stwArmuten
dc.subject.stwVermögensverteilungen
dc.subject.stwKapitalanlageen
dc.subject.stwRisikoen
dc.subject.stwSoziale Mobilitäten
dc.subject.stwTheorieen
dc.subject.stwPrivatversicherungen
dc.titleInequality and risk-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn345964365en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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