17 records from EconBiz based on author Name

1. The role of heterogenous implementation on the uptake and long-term diffusion of agricultural insurance in a pastoral context

Jensen, Nathaniel D.; Teufel, Nils; Banerjee, Rupsha; Galgallo, Diba; Shikuku, Kelvin Mashisia;
2024
Type: Aufsatz in Zeitschrift; Article in journal;
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2. Escaping poverty traps and unlocking prosperity in the face of climate risk : lessons from index-based livestock insurance

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This Element outlines the origins and evolution of an international award-winning development intervention, index-based livestock insurance (IBLI), which scaled from a small pilot project in Kenya to a design that underpins drought risk management products and policies across Africa. General insights are provided on i) the economics of poverty, risk management, and drylands development; ii) the evolving use of modern remote sensing and data science tools in development; iii) the science of scaling; and iv) the value and challenges of integrating research with operational implementation to tackle development and humanitarian challenges in some of the world's poorest regions. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Jensen, Nathaniel D.;
2024
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3. Understanding pastoralists' dynamic insurance uptake decisions : evidence from four-year panel data in Ethiopia

Takahashi, Kazushi; Noritomo, Yuma; Ikegami, Munenobu; Jensen, Nathaniel D.;
2019
Type: Graue Literatur; Non-commercial literature; Arbeitspapier; Working Paper;
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4. Psychosocial Constraints, Impact Heterogeneity and Spillovers in a Multifaceted Graduation Program in Kenya

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Poverty reduction programs modeled on BRAC's graduation approach build up both tangible productive assets and intangible psychosocial assets such as self-confidence and the aspiration for upward mobility. The goal of this paper is to better understand how psychosocial factors operate and shape the impact of graduation programs. After deriving a set of hypotheses about the impacts of psychosocial constraints from a dynamic optimization model of the choice between a low income, casual wage-labor occupation and a higher earning entrepreneurial activity, this paper exploits a randomized controlled trial of a graduation program implemented in the pastoralist regions of Northern Kenya. Key empirical findings include that the estimated highly favorable average treatment effects disguise substantial heterogeneity, with beneficiaries who began with severe depressive symptoms gaining little from the program. The RCT's saturation design also allows us to identify substantial spillover effects onto the asset accumulation of women who were not enrolled in the graduation program. Spillovers are also estimated to positively affect non-beneficiary women's preference for upward economic mobility, providing a plausible explanation for their accumulation of capital despite no direct support from the graduation program. The paper draws out the implications of these findings for the cost-effective design and implementation of graduation programs

Zheng, Geyi; Carter, Michael R.; Jensen, Nathaniel D.; Krovetz, Laurel;
2023
Type: Arbeitspapier; Working Paper; Graue Literatur; Non-commercial literature;
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5. Understanding pastoralists' dynamic insurance uptake decisions : evidence from four-year panel data in Ethiopia

Takahashi, Kazushi; Noritomo, Yuma; Ikegami, Munenobu; Jensen, Nathaniel D.;
2020
Type: Aufsatz in Zeitschrift; Article in journal;
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Citations: 7 (based on OpenCitations) Cited By

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6. How Basis Risk and Spatiotemporal Adverse Selection Influence Demand for Index Insurance : Evidence from Northern Kenya

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Weather-related shocks are a major threat to the health and livelihoods of vulnerable farmers and herders in low-income, arid, and semi-arid regions of the world. Index insurance represents a promising tool for mitigating the impacts of such risk but in practice has exhibited low uptake rates by potential clients. Basis risk—the remaining risk faced by an insured individual—is widely acknowledged as the Achilles heel of index insurance, and yet direct measurements of basis risk have never been used to study its role in determining demand for index insurance. Further, client knowledge of season-specific environmental information and spatial variation in basis risk introduces the possibility of adverse selection, a feature often presumed to be absent for index products. We used longitudinal household data to determine which factors affected demand for index based livestock insurance (IBLI). While both price and the non-price factors studied previously are indeed important, our findings indicate that basis risk and spatiotemporal adverse selection also play a major role in determining demand for IBLI

Jensen, Nathaniel D.; Mude, Andrew G.; Barrett, Christopher B.;
2018
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Citations: 13 (based on OpenCitations) Cited By

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7. How basis risk and spatiotemporal adverse selection influence demand for index insurance : evidence from northern Kenya

Jensen, Nathaniel D.; Mude, Andrew G.; Barrett, Christopher B.;
2018
Type: Aufsatz in Zeitschrift; Article in journal;
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Citations: 83 (based on OpenCitations) Cited By

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8. Index insurance quality and basis risk : evidence from northern Kenya

Jensen, Nathaniel D.; Barrett, Christopher B.; Mude, Andrew G.;
2016
Type: Aufsatz in Zeitschrift; Article in journal;
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Citations: 89 (based on OpenCitations) Cited By

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9. Conspicuous monitoring and remote work

Jensen, Nathaniel D.; Lyons, Elizabeth; Chebelyon, Eddy; Le Bras, Ronan; Gomes, Carla;
2020
Type: Aufsatz in Zeitschrift; Article in journal;
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Citations: 15 (based on OpenCitations) Cited By

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10. Access to markets, weather risk, and livestock production decisions : Evidence from Ethiopia

Abay, Kibrom A.; Jensen, Nathaniel D.;
2020
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Citations: 15 (based on OpenCitations) Cited By

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