Replication data for: Social Networks and the Decision to Insure
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Project Citation:
Cai, Jing, De Janvry, Alain, and Sadoulet, Elisabeth. Replication data for: Social Networks and the Decision to Insure. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2015. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E113593V1
Project Description
Summary:
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Using data from a randomized experiment in rural China, we study the influence of social networks on weather insurance adoption and the mechanisms through which they operate. To quantify network effects, the experiment provides intensive information sessions about the product to a random subset of farmers. For untreated farmers, the effect of having an additional treated friend on take-up is equivalent to granting a 13 percent reduction in the insurance premium. By varying the information available about peers' decisions and randomizing default options, we show that the network effect is driven by the diffusion of insurance knowledge rather than purchase decisions. (JEL G22, O12, O16, P36, Q12, Q54, Z13)
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G22 Insurance; Insurance Companies; Actuarial Studies
O12 Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
O16 Economic Development: Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment; Corporate Finance and Governance
P36 Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions: Consumer Economics; Health; Education and Training: Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty
Q12 Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets
Q54 Climate; Natural Disasters and Their Management; Global Warming
Z13 Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
G22 Insurance; Insurance Companies; Actuarial Studies
O12 Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
O16 Economic Development: Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment; Corporate Finance and Governance
P36 Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions: Consumer Economics; Health; Education and Training: Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty
Q12 Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets
Q54 Climate; Natural Disasters and Their Management; Global Warming
Z13 Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
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