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Socio-Economic, Demographic and Institutional Variables¡¯ Impact on the Development of Life Insurance in Sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar

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  • Momar Sylla Dieng
  • Mouhamadou Fall

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This study empirically analyzes the Socio-economic, Demographic and Institutional Variables¡¯ Impact on the Development of Life Insurance in Sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar taking into account the Socio-economic and the Cultural structures of the set of countries. A mixed effect panel model is used to estimate the relationship between these variables and life insurance provisions, life insurance density and life insurance premium. covering the period 2000-2013, we found that financial development and urbanization are the only variables significantly related to all the variables of interest.

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  • Momar Sylla Dieng & Mouhamadou Fall, 2017. "Socio-Economic, Demographic and Institutional Variables¡¯ Impact on the Development of Life Insurance in Sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar," International Journal of Economics and Finance, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 9(1), pages 10-19, January.
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