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Alger, Ingela
, Juarez, Laura, Juarez-Torres, Miriam and Miquel-Florensa, Josepa
(2020)
Do informal transfers induce lower efforts? Evidence from lab-in-the-field experiments in rural Mexico.
Economic Development and Cultural Change, vol. 69 (n° 1).
pp. 107-171.
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Abstract
How does informal risk sharing affect incentives to avoid risk? While moral hazard is expected under formal insurance, theory suggests that the incentive effects of informal risk sharing are ambiguous: internalization of the external effects of transfers on others may reduce or enhance incentives to avoid risk. To study this issue, which is particularly relevant for developing economies, we designed a novel real-effort lab experiment and conducted it in 16 small villages in rural Mexico. We find that subjects internalize the effects of transfers enough for the presence of transfers to significantly increase effort compared to autarky situations.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Language: | English |
| Date: | October 2020 |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | informal insurance, effort, moral hazard, free-riding effect, empathy effect |
| JEL Classification: | C91 - Laboratory, Individual Behavior D64 - Altruism O12 - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development |
| Subjects: | B- ECONOMIE ET FINANCE |
| Divisions: | TSE-R (Toulouse) |
| Site: | UT1 |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Sep 2018 09:28 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Jun 2023 07:40 |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:tse-fr.eu:32938 |
| URI: | https://publications.ut-capitole.fr/id/eprint/26252 |
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