Poverty alleviation and consumption insurance: Evidence from PROGRESA in Mexico

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 630-649

  Skoufias, Emmanuel ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumption; Credit; Income; Insurance; Mexico; PROGRESA; Risk coping; Risk sharing; Shocks

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249880145     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2006.12.020     Document Type: Article

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