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dc.titleDo Remittances Help Smooth Consumption During Health Shocks? Evidence From Jamaica
dc.contributor.authorBeuermann, Diether
dc.contributor.authorRuprah, Inder J.
dc.contributor.authorSierra, Ricardo
dc.contributor.orgunitCountry Department Caribbean Group
dc.coverageJamaica
dc.coverageThe Caribbean
dc.date.available2014-06-26T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2014-06-01T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractWe identify whether remittances facilitate consumption smoothing during health shocks in Jamaica. In addition, we investigate whether remittances are subject to moral hazard by receivers, how the informal insurance provided by remittances interacts with formal health insurance, and whether there are differential effects by gender of the household head. We find that remittances offer complete insurance toward decreased consumption during health shocks and that moral hazard is weak. The role of remittances as a social insurance mechanism, however, is relevant only in the absence of private health insurance. No differential effects by gender of the household head are found.
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dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0011640
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Do-Remittances-Help-Smooth-Consumption-During-Health-Shocks-Evidence-From-Jamaica.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectIncome, Consumption and Saving
dc.subjectHealth Policy
dc.subjectRemittance
dc.subjectImpact Evaluation
dc.subject.jelcodeF24 - Remittances
dc.subject.jelcodeI13 - Health Insurance, Public and Private
dc.subject.jelcodeO15 - Human Resources • Human Development • Income Distribution • Migration
dc.subject.keywordsConsumption;Health insurance;Social insurace;Remittances
dc.typeWorking Papers
idb.identifier.pubnumberWorking Papers
idb.operationRG-P1521
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