Keeping the doctor away: Experimental evidence on investment in preventative health products.
Abstract: 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,...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Development Economics Vol. 105; pp. 196 - 211 |
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Elsevier B.V.
Nov2013
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