Risk across Borders: A Study of the Potential of Microinsurance Products to Help Migrants Cope with Cross Border Risks

Annette Lovoi, Julia Brown, Barbara Magnoni and Rebecca Thornton

No 2672, IDB Publications (Working Papers) from Inter-American Development Bank

Abstract: This paper presents new evidence on migration and risk among Mexican migrants to the United States living in the New York City area. The paper examines the potential demand for formal risk mitigating mechanisms by studying some of the risks facing this community on both sides of the border, and provide greater understanding of their current informal risk management tools.

Keywords: Migrant-Linked Microinsurance models; Payments Channels; Legal and Regulatory Barriers; Demand Side; Microinsurance Products; Transnationa; Mexican Migrants; New York; remittances; Products; Supply Side; Distribution Channels; Barriers to Access to Insurance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-09
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