This thesis rests on the statement of fact: precautionary saving which stems from the incompleteness of insurance markets and the existence of borrowing constraints (Aiyagari [1994]) turns out to be important (Skinner [1988], Caballero [1991] Kasarosian [1997]). This mechanism is likely to modify the impact of redistribution and insurance policies. The precautionary saving behaviour depends on the level of idiosyncratic income risk. The goal of redistribution and insurance programs is to reduce the idiosyncratic income risk. Therefore, they are likely to interact with the precautionary saving behaviour. The thesis project is to get the precautionary saving mechanism into the assessment of the insurance and redistribution policies. Four tool...