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Are There Gender Differences in Demand for Index-Based Livestock Insurance?

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  • Elizabeth R. Bageant
  • Christopher B. Barrett

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Risk management plays a role in avoiding and escaping chronic poverty throughout the world, particularly for women, who are disproportionately negatively affected by shocks. Using three years of household survey data, administrative records and qualitative interviews, this paper examines the relationship between gender and demand for index-based livestock insurance (IBLI) among pastoralists in southern Ethiopia. IBLI appears to be equitably accessed by men and women alike and we find limited evidence of gender-differentiated demand for IBLI. We also find only modest differences associated with age and share of income from livestock.

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  • Elizabeth R. Bageant & Christopher B. Barrett, 2017. "Are There Gender Differences in Demand for Index-Based Livestock Insurance?," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 53(6), pages 932-952, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jdevst:v:53:y:2017:i:6:p:932-952
    DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2016.1214717
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    1. Takahashi, Kazushi & Noritomo, Yuma & Ikegami, Munenobu & Jensen, Nathaniel D., 2020. "Understanding pastoralists’ dynamic insurance uptake decisions: Evidence from four-year panel data in Ethiopia," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 95(C).
    2. Gebrekidan, Tnsue, 2021. "Does Index-Based Livestock Insurance Change the Cash Saving Behaviour of Pastoralists in Southern Ethiopia," 2021 Conference, August 17-31, 2021, Virtual 315876, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
    3. Jensen, Nathaniel & Teufel, Nils & Banerjee, Rupsha & Galgallo, Diba & Shikuku, Kelvin Mashisia, 2024. "The role of heterogenous implementation on the uptake and long-term diffusion of agricultural insurance in a pastoral context," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 125(C).
    4. Aheeyar, Mohamed & de Silva, Sanjiv & Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali & Arulingam, Indika, 2019. "Unpacking barriers to socially inclusive weather index insurance: towards a framework for inclusion," Papers published in Journals (Open Access), International Water Management Institute, pages 11(11):1-19.
    5. Kramer, Berber & Porter, Maria & Wassie Bizuayehu, Solomon, 2023. "Basis Risk, Social Comparison, Perceptions of Fairness and Demand for Insurance: A Field Experiment in Ethiopia," 2024 Allied Social Sciences Association (ASSA) Annual Meeting, January 5-7, 2024, San Antonio, Texas 339075, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    6. Paula Dominguez-Salas & Domitille Kauffmann & Christophe Breyne & Pablo Alarcon, 2019. "Leveraging human nutrition through livestock interventions: perceptions, knowledge, barriers and opportunities in the Sahel," Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, Springer;The International Society for Plant Pathology, vol. 11(4), pages 777-796, August.
    7. Yurco, Kayla, 2024. "From grazing units to milking units: The gendered nature of intra-household livestock management and food security for pastoralists in Kenya," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 174(C).

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