Life insurance has become an increasingly important part of the financial sector over the past 40 years, providing a range of financial services for consumers and becoming a major source of investment in the capital market. But what drives the large variation in life insurance consumption across countries remains unclear. Using a panel with data aggregated at different frequencies for 68 economies in 1961–2000, this article finds that economic indicators—such as inflation, income per capita, and banking sector development—and religious and institutional indicators are the most robust predic-tors of the use of life insurance. Education, life expectancy, the young dependency ratio, and the size of the social security system appear to have no ...
The importance of life insurance to the social and economic welfare of a country cannot be overempha...
The importance of life insurance to the social and economic welfare of a country cannot be overempha...
This study aims to investigate variables that impact on life insurance consumption in 15 Southern Af...
Life insurance has become an increasingly important part of the financial sector. The past ten years...
<p>The insurance sector becomes a more and more important component for the national economic and fi...
This thesis is a pioneer study that examines the growing importance of global insurancemarkets and t...
Etudes & documentsThis paper analyzes the determinants of life insurance development on a panel of 2...
Etudes & documentsThis paper analyzes the determinants of life insurance development on a panel of 2...
This paper tests potential determinants of the development of the insurance sector. Using a rich dat...
We investigate the influence of institutional factors upon life insurance demand for 32 European cou...
We investigate the influence of institutional factors upon life insurance demand for 32 European cou...
The determinants of non-life insurance expenditure in a panel data set covering 36 developed countri...
The main purpose of this study is to identify determinants of the demand of life insurance in 14 cou...
Is the relationship between insurance consumption and its determinants spurious? Is general insuranc...
This paper examines the determinants of foreign participation in life insurance markets across 24 OE...
The importance of life insurance to the social and economic welfare of a country cannot be overempha...
The importance of life insurance to the social and economic welfare of a country cannot be overempha...
This study aims to investigate variables that impact on life insurance consumption in 15 Southern Af...
Life insurance has become an increasingly important part of the financial sector. The past ten years...
<p>The insurance sector becomes a more and more important component for the national economic and fi...
This thesis is a pioneer study that examines the growing importance of global insurancemarkets and t...
Etudes & documentsThis paper analyzes the determinants of life insurance development on a panel of 2...
Etudes & documentsThis paper analyzes the determinants of life insurance development on a panel of 2...
This paper tests potential determinants of the development of the insurance sector. Using a rich dat...
We investigate the influence of institutional factors upon life insurance demand for 32 European cou...
We investigate the influence of institutional factors upon life insurance demand for 32 European cou...
The determinants of non-life insurance expenditure in a panel data set covering 36 developed countri...
The main purpose of this study is to identify determinants of the demand of life insurance in 14 cou...
Is the relationship between insurance consumption and its determinants spurious? Is general insuranc...
This paper examines the determinants of foreign participation in life insurance markets across 24 OE...
The importance of life insurance to the social and economic welfare of a country cannot be overempha...
The importance of life insurance to the social and economic welfare of a country cannot be overempha...
This study aims to investigate variables that impact on life insurance consumption in 15 Southern Af...