Using data from a field experiment in Kenya, we document that providing individuals with simple informal savings … providing a safe place to keep money was sufficient to increase health savings, through a mental accounting effect. Adding an … earmarking feature was only helpful when funds were put towards emergencies; earmarking for preventative health reduced savings …

income distribution. In this paper, we examine the effects of minimum wage increases on the health of low-educated Hispanic … typically have less access to health care. Using a difference-in-differences identification strategy and data drawn from the … that low-educated Hispanic women likely affected by minimum wage increases experience any changes in health status, access …

of literature by examining the association between higher insurance deductibles in the Swiss health system and preventive … conduct our study, we made use of the 2017 Swiss Health Survey and employed an ordered probit model with each prevention …

Behavioral constraints may explain part of low demand for preventive health products. We test the effects of two light …-touch psychological interventions on water chlorination and related health and economic outcomes using a randomized controlled trial among … 3750 women in rural Kenya. One intervention encourages participants to visualize alternative realizations of the future …

The paper investigates the effect of adequate use of prenatal care on birth weight in Kenya using data from the Kenya … Demographic and Health Survey of 2008 - 2009 together with additional administrative data. Both a single-level model and a multi … on birth weight. The results imply that infant health can be improved by using prenatal care adequately. The study calls …