Self-insurance and inequality

Recent works have stressed that precautionary savings can provide a level of insurance against unemployment risks that is comparable to the current unemployment insurance ( UI) system in average. This paper reconsiders this result by laying stress on the implied insurance and wealth inequalities in...

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Volume:	85
Main Author:	Algan, Yann Chéron, Arnaud Hairault, Jean-Olivier Langot, François
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Place of publication:	LAUSANNE Elsevier B.V 2004 ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA Elsevier
published in:	Economics letters Vol. 85; no. 3; pp. 295 - 299
Data of publication:	2004
ISSN:	0165-1765 1873-7374
EISSN:	1873-7374
Discipline:	Economics
Series:	Economics Letters
Subjects:	Unemployment risks Wealth heterogeneity Inequality Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences J65 Unemployment risks Wealth heterogeneity E24 D69 Inequality inequality wealth heterogeneity MORAL HAZARD unemployment risks UNEMPLOYMENT-INSURANCE
Online Access:	available in Bonn?
Database:	Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Knowledge Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index - 2004 Web of Science RePEc RePEc IDEAS CrossRef Database information Databases - DBIS