EXPLORING THE EFFECT OF MICROINSURANCE ON ASSET INEQUALITY AMONG HOUSEHOLDS IN GHANA

We employed the Gini method to investigate the effect of microinsurance on asset inequality among households in Ghana. The findings indicate that the asset inequality of insured households is less than that of uninsured households. Also, insured female-headed households have much lower asset inequal...

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Volume:	49
Main Author:	Joseph Oscar Akotey Charles K. D. Adjasi
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Academic
Place of publication:	College of Business at Tennessee State University 01.04.2015 Tennessee State University College of Business Tennessee State University
published in:	The Journal of developing areas Vol. 49; no. 2; pp. 373 - 398
Data of publication:	20150401
ISSN:	0022-037X 1548-2278 1548-2278
EISSN:	1548-2278
Discipline:	Economics Social Sciences (General)
Subjects:	Income inequality Health insurance Insurance regulation Geographic regions Insurance premiums National health insurance Poverty Insurance industry Employer provided health insurance Asset income Ghana Equality Microinsurance Income distribution Households Analysis Finance Economic aspects Medically uninsured persons Economic conditions Ghana
Online Access:	Fulltext
Database:	CrossRef Database information Databases - DBIS