Keeping the doctor away: Experimental evidence on investment in preventative health products

Robinson, J (corresponding author), Univ Calif Santa Cruz, Dept Econ, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA.
2013
Household investment in preventative health products is low in developing countries even though benefits from these products are very high. What interventions most effectively stimulate demand? In this paper, we experimentally estimate demand curves for health products in Kenya, Guatemala, India, and Uganda and test whether (1) information about health risk, (2) cash liquidity, (3) peer effects, and (4) intra-household differences in preferences affect demand. We find households to be highly sensitive to price and that both liquidity and targeting women increase demand. We find no effect of providing information, although genuine learning occurred, and we find no evidence of peer effects, although subjects discussed the product purchase decision extensively. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
卷号:105
ISSN:0304-3878
EISSN
1872-6089
发布日期
2013
学科领域
循证经济学
DOI
10.1016/j.jdeveco.2013.08.003
出版者
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
其他关键词
FIELD EXPERIMENT; DIARRHEA; RISK; INFORMATION; PREVALENCE; ALLOCATION; COUNTRIES; DECISION; BEHAVIOR; WATER
出处
JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
关键词
Health products Health information Field experiment Multi-country
来源机构
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SYSTEM NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH