Markets for insurance and credit are often missing in developing countries. As a result, households often insure each other through complex systems of inter-household loans and transfers. To understand the economic benefits of migration, as well as design policies to help households address income risk, it is necessary to therefore understand how households make decisions about migration and informal insurance at the same time. This study looks at the economic effects of temporary migration in South India, in particular.
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