Pooling, Saving, and Prevention : A Comprehensive Insurance Approach to Social Risk Management

Individuals and societies can respond in a variety of ways when faced with the prospect of economic losses from shocks like natural disasters, sickness, sudden death, disability and unemployment. Social risk management is a conceptual framework enc...

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Main Author: Packard, Truman
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/01/12050318/pooling-saving-prevention-comprehensive-insurance-approach-social-risk-management
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spelling okr-10986-103692021-04-23T14:02:50Z Pooling, Saving, and Prevention : A Comprehensive Insurance Approach to Social Risk Management Packard, Truman ACCIDENT INSURANCE ADVERSE SELECTION AGGREGATE DEMAND BANK POLICY CASH TRANSFERS COST OF CAPITAL DISASTER INSURANCE DISASTERS DRIVERS ECONOMIC INSECURITY ECONOMIC POLICIES EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS FINDING WORK FIRM LEVEL FISCAL POLICY GLOBAL ECONOMY GOVERNMENT FUNDING HOUSEHOLD INCOME HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPERFECT INFORMATION INCOME INCOME SECURITY INFORMAL SECTOR INFORMAL SECTOR WORKERS INNOVATION INSTRUMENT INSURANCE INSURANCE COVERAGE INSURANCE POOLS INSURANCE PREMIUM INSURANCE PREMIUMS INSURANCE SYSTEM INSURERS INVESTING JOB LOSS JOB TURNOVER JOBS LABOR COSTS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS MARKET EFFICIENCY MARKET INEFFICIENCIES MARKET SIZE MARKET TURNOVER MARKET WAGE MINIMUM WAGES MITIGATION MONETARY POLICIES MORAL HAZARD NATURAL DISASTERS PAYROLL TAX PAYROLL TAXES PENSION PENSION REFORM POLITICAL ECONOMY POOL OF FUNDS PRICE RISK PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIVATE MARKET PRIVATE SAVINGS PRIVATE SECTOR PROGRAMS PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC SPENDING RATES REFORM PROGRAMS REPLACEMENT RATES RETIREMENT RETIREMENT SAVINGS RISK MANAGEMENT RISK POOLING SAFETY SAVINGS SAVINGS ACCOUNTS SHORT-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT SMALL BUSINESS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL FUNDS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL RISK SOCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT TAX RATES UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED WORKERS UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE SYSTEM VOLATILITY WORKER Individuals and societies can respond in a variety of ways when faced with the prospect of economic losses from shocks like natural disasters, sickness, sudden death, disability and unemployment. Social risk management is a conceptual framework encompassing three broad categories of response: prevention, mitigation, and coping. The comprehensive Insurance approach focuses on mitigation, offering a tool for determining which insurance instruments and preventive measures will be most effective given the size and frequency of various types of possible economic losses. This article explains the comprehensive insurance framework, and uses it to assess recent reforms in Chile's unemployment insurance system. 2012-08-13T11:16:53Z 2012-08-13T11:16:53Z 2004-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/01/12050318/pooling-saving-prevention-comprehensive-insurance-approach-social-risk-management http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10369 English en breve; No. 38 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean
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topic ACCIDENT INSURANCE
ADVERSE SELECTION
AGGREGATE DEMAND
BANK POLICY
CASH TRANSFERS
COST OF CAPITAL
DISASTER INSURANCE
DISASTERS
DRIVERS
ECONOMIC INSECURITY
ECONOMIC POLICIES
EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS
FINDING WORK
FIRM LEVEL
FISCAL POLICY
GLOBAL ECONOMY
GOVERNMENT FUNDING
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
IMPERFECT INFORMATION
INCOME
INCOME SECURITY
INFORMAL SECTOR
INFORMAL SECTOR WORKERS
INNOVATION
INSTRUMENT
INSURANCE
INSURANCE COVERAGE
INSURANCE POOLS
INSURANCE PREMIUM
INSURANCE PREMIUMS
INSURANCE SYSTEM
INSURERS
INVESTING
JOB LOSS
JOB TURNOVER
JOBS
LABOR COSTS
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKETS
MARKET EFFICIENCY
MARKET INEFFICIENCIES
MARKET SIZE
MARKET TURNOVER
MARKET WAGE
MINIMUM WAGES
MITIGATION
MONETARY POLICIES
MORAL HAZARD
NATURAL DISASTERS
PAYROLL TAX
PAYROLL TAXES
PENSION
PENSION REFORM
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POOL OF FUNDS
PRICE RISK
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIVATE MARKET
PRIVATE SAVINGS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PROGRAMS
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
PUBLIC SPENDING
RATES
REFORM PROGRAMS
REPLACEMENT RATES
RETIREMENT
RETIREMENT SAVINGS
RISK MANAGEMENT
RISK POOLING
SAFETY
SAVINGS
SAVINGS ACCOUNTS
SHORT-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT
SMALL BUSINESS
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
SOCIAL FUNDS
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOCIAL RISK
SOCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT
TAX RATES
UNEMPLOYED
UNEMPLOYED WORKERS
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE SYSTEM
VOLATILITY
WORKER
spellingShingle ACCIDENT INSURANCE
ADVERSE SELECTION
AGGREGATE DEMAND
BANK POLICY
CASH TRANSFERS
COST OF CAPITAL
DISASTER INSURANCE
DISASTERS
DRIVERS
ECONOMIC INSECURITY
ECONOMIC POLICIES
EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS
FINDING WORK
FIRM LEVEL
FISCAL POLICY
GLOBAL ECONOMY
GOVERNMENT FUNDING
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
IMPERFECT INFORMATION
INCOME
INCOME SECURITY
INFORMAL SECTOR
INFORMAL SECTOR WORKERS
INNOVATION
INSTRUMENT
INSURANCE
INSURANCE COVERAGE
INSURANCE POOLS
INSURANCE PREMIUM
INSURANCE PREMIUMS
INSURANCE SYSTEM
INSURERS
INVESTING
JOB LOSS
JOB TURNOVER
JOBS
LABOR COSTS
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKETS
MARKET EFFICIENCY
MARKET INEFFICIENCIES
MARKET SIZE
MARKET TURNOVER
MARKET WAGE
MINIMUM WAGES
MITIGATION
MONETARY POLICIES
MORAL HAZARD
NATURAL DISASTERS
PAYROLL TAX
PAYROLL TAXES
PENSION
PENSION REFORM
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POOL OF FUNDS
PRICE RISK
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIVATE MARKET
PRIVATE SAVINGS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PROGRAMS
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
PUBLIC SPENDING
RATES
REFORM PROGRAMS
REPLACEMENT RATES
RETIREMENT
RETIREMENT SAVINGS
RISK MANAGEMENT
RISK POOLING
SAFETY
SAVINGS
SAVINGS ACCOUNTS
SHORT-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT
SMALL BUSINESS
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
SOCIAL FUNDS
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOCIAL RISK
SOCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT
TAX RATES
UNEMPLOYED
UNEMPLOYED WORKERS
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE SYSTEM
VOLATILITY
WORKER
Packard, Truman
Pooling, Saving, and Prevention : A Comprehensive Insurance Approach to Social Risk Management
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
relation en breve; No. 38
description Individuals and societies can respond in a variety of ways when faced with the prospect of economic losses from shocks like natural disasters, sickness, sudden death, disability and unemployment. Social risk management is a conceptual framework encompassing three broad categories of response: prevention, mitigation, and coping. The comprehensive Insurance approach focuses on mitigation, offering a tool for determining which insurance instruments and preventive measures will be most effective given the size and frequency of various types of possible economic losses. This article explains the comprehensive insurance framework, and uses it to assess recent reforms in Chile's unemployment insurance system.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author Packard, Truman
author_facet Packard, Truman
author_sort Packard, Truman
title Pooling, Saving, and Prevention : A Comprehensive Insurance Approach to Social Risk Management
title_short Pooling, Saving, and Prevention : A Comprehensive Insurance Approach to Social Risk Management
title_full Pooling, Saving, and Prevention : A Comprehensive Insurance Approach to Social Risk Management
title_fullStr Pooling, Saving, and Prevention : A Comprehensive Insurance Approach to Social Risk Management
title_full_unstemmed Pooling, Saving, and Prevention : A Comprehensive Insurance Approach to Social Risk Management
title_sort pooling, saving, and prevention : a comprehensive insurance approach to social risk management
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/01/12050318/pooling-saving-prevention-comprehensive-insurance-approach-social-risk-management
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10369
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