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Insuring Consumption Against Illness.

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Major illness significantly disrupts economic stability in developing nations. Indonesian families show imperfect consumption insurance against major illnesses, highlighting the need for public disability insurance and medical care subsidies.

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Area of Science:

Health economics
Development economics
Social insurance

Background:

Major illness represents a significant and unpredictable shock to economic opportunities in developing countries.
Understanding household consumption smoothing capacity is crucial for socioeconomic stability.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the extent to which families in developing countries can insure consumption against major illness.
To quantify the economic costs associated with major illness and assess the effectiveness of existing consumption insurance mechanisms.

Main Methods:

Utilized a unique panel data set from Indonesia.
Combined detailed health status measures with comprehensive consumption information.
Employed econometric analysis to estimate consumption insurance over illness episodes.

Main Results:

Identified significant economic costs linked to major illness episodes.
Found evidence of very imperfect consumption insurance against major illness.
Quantified the extent of consumption volatility experienced by households during illness.

Conclusions:

Major illness poses a substantial threat to household economic well-being in developing countries.
Current household coping mechanisms provide inadequate insurance against consumption shocks from illness.
Public disability insurance and medical care subsidies could enhance welfare by improving consumption insurance.