Similar Search Results

Age and choice in health insurance : evidence from Switzerland

Becker, Karolin (contributor); Zweifel, Peter (contributor) - 2007 - Revised version

Elements of regulation inherent in most social health insurance systems are a uniform package of benefits and uniform cost sharing. Both elements risk to burden the population with a welfare loss if preferences differ. This suggests introducing more contracted choice; however, it is widely...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002202974

Cost sharing in health insurance : an instrument for risk selection?

Becker, Karolin (contributor); Zweifel, Peter (contributor) - 2005

Health insurance is potentially subject to risk selection, i.e. adverse selection on the part of consumers and cream skimming on the part of insurers. Adverse selection models predict that competitive health insurers can eschew high-risk individuals by offering contracts with low deductibles or...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003216009

Increasing the take-up of public health services : an experiment on nudges and digital tools in Uruguay

Cuesta, Ana; Delgado, Lucia; Gallegos, Sebastián; … - 2021

In this paper, we test whether promoting digital government tools increases the take-up of an important public health prevention service: cervical cancer screening. We implemented an at-scale field experiment in Uruguay, randomly encouraging women to make medical appointments with a digital...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012599777

In-kind incentives and health worker performance : experimental evidence from El Salvador

Bernal, Pedro; Martinez, Sebastian - 2018

Maintaining high standards of care from doctors, nurses and other health professionals is of critical importance for an effective and efficient health system. Yet deficient levels of health worker performance, including low effort, absenteeism, and lack of compliance with clinical guidelines,...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011959261

Social proximity and misinformation : experimental evidence from a mobile phone-based campaign in India

Armand, Alex; Augsburg, Britta; Bancalari, Antonella; … - 2022

We study how social proximity between the sender and the receiver of information shapes the effectiveness of preventive health behaviour campaigns and the persistence of misinformation. We implement a field experiment among a representative sample of slum residents in two major Indian cities...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013327064

Do religious beliefs explain preferences for income redistribution? : experimental evidence

Neustadt, Ilja - 2010

of research into preferences for income redistribution. We elicit preferences for income redistribution through a … significantly higher WTP values than those who deem effort to be decisive. -- Income redistribution ; beliefs ; religiosity …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008695996

Is the welfare state sustainable? : experimental evidence on citizens' preferences for redistribution

Neustadt, Ilja; Zweifel, Peter - 2010

The sustainability of the welfare state ultimately depends on citizens’ preferences for income redistribution. They are … that government should reduce income inequality exhibit a negative WTP on average. The major finding is that estimated … appear sustainable. -- Income redistribution ; welfare state ; sustainability ; preferences ; willingness to pay ; discrete …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008696029

Boys’ cognitive skill formation and physical growth : long-term experimental evidence on critical ages for early childhood interventions

Barham, Tania Catherine Jane; Macours, Karen; Maluccio, … - 2013

The effects of early life circumstances on cognitive skill formation are important for later human capital development, labor market outcomes and well-being. In this paper, we test the hypothesis that the first 1,000 days are the critical window for both cognitive skill formation and physical...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011303251

To invest or not to invest in sanitation : the role of intra-household gender differences in perceptions and bargaining power

Augsburg, Britta; Malde, Bansi; Olorenshaw, Harriet; … - 2021

We exploit novel data collected within a randomised controlled trial of a sanitation microcredit intervention to study how intra-household gender diﬀerences in perceptions of costs and beneﬁts of sanitation impact investment decisions. We show that – as long as the wife is involved in...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012801992

Increasing anti-malaria bednet uptake using information and distribution strategies : evidence from a randomized experiment in Senegal

Bonan, Jacopo; LeMay-Boucher, Philippe; Tenikue, Michel - 2016

We evaluate the effects of different marketing and distribution techniques on the purchase of Long-Lasting Insecticide-Treated Nets (LL-ITN). Using a randomized controlled trial in urban Senegal, we look at the impacts of receiving information on malaria-related issues and of different sale...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011591600