Improved health in low-income countries could considerably improve wellbeing and possibly promote economic growth. The … in investing in health and how these barriers can be overcome, and to assess the impacts of subsequent health gains. This … chapter first discusses the methodological pitfalls that field experiments in the health sector are particularly susceptible …

. The incentives led to a 20% increase in productivity, and significant improvements in child health. We also find evidence … care providers in Rwanda to study the effect of incentives for health care providers. In order to identify the effect of …

The US health care sector is large and growing - health care spending in 2011 amounted to $2.7 trillion and 18% of GDP …. Approximately half of health care output is allocated via markets. In this paper, we analyze the industrial organization literature … on health care markets focusing on the impact of competition on price, quality and treatment decisions for health care …

investments in their education and in which we allow for health-related gender differences in productivity. We show that better …We analyze the economic consequences for less developed countries of investing in female health. In so doing we … female health speeds up the demographic transition and thereby the take-off toward sustained economic growth. By contrast …

The retail clinic is an innovation that has the potential to improve competition in health care markets. Given concern … about inefficient use of the emergency room (ER) increasing health care costs, we use all ER visits in New Jersey from 2006 …

Self-control problems constitute a potential explanation for the under-investment in preventive health care observed in … different commitment contracts, but find no effects on actual doctor visits or individual health outcomes. Thus, a substantial … experiencing any health benefit. We develop and structurally estimate a pre-specified model of consumer behavior under present bias …

We investigate the mechanisms underlying health promotion campaigns designed to eliminate open defecation in at …-scale randomized field experiments in four countries: India, Indonesia, Mali, and Tanzania. Health promotion works through a number of … in her self-interest, and encouraging households to invest in health products that lower the marginal cost of good …