Targeting health subsidies through a nonprice mechanism: A randomized controlled trial in Kenya

In developed countries, a consumer's valuation of a health product can be measured by his or her willingness to pay for it. But poorer individuals, especially those in developing countries, might want and need a product yet be unable to pay for it with money. Dupaset al.demonstrate that a nonprice v...

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Main Authors: Dupas, Pascaline, Hoffmann, Vivian, Kremer, Michael, Zwane, Alix P.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2016
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148365
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author Dupas, Pascaline
Hoffmann, Vivian
Kremer, Michael
Zwane, Alix P.
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description In developed countries, a consumer's valuation of a health product can be measured by his or her willingness to pay for it. But poorer individuals, especially those in developing countries, might want and need a product yet be unable to pay for it with money. Dupaset al.demonstrate that a nonprice voucher mechanism can be used to deliver chlorine for water treatment to people in Kenya who are too poor to pay for it, but who use it when they get it (see the Perspective by Olken). Having to redeem the vouchers screens out people who would accept the free chlorine solution but not use it.Science, this issue p.889; see also p.864
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spelling CGSpace1483652024-11-15T08:52:43Z Targeting health subsidies through a nonprice mechanism: A randomized controlled trial in Kenya Dupas, Pascaline Hoffmann, Vivian Kremer, Michael Zwane, Alix P. costs water chlorine experimental design In developed countries, a consumer's valuation of a health product can be measured by his or her willingness to pay for it. But poorer individuals, especially those in developing countries, might want and need a product yet be unable to pay for it with money. Dupaset al.demonstrate that a nonprice voucher mechanism can be used to deliver chlorine for water treatment to people in Kenya who are too poor to pay for it, but who use it when they get it (see the Perspective by Olken). Having to redeem the vouchers screens out people who would accept the free chlorine solution but not use it.Science, this issue p.889; see also p.864 2016-08-26 2024-06-21T09:24:29Z 2024-06-21T09:24:29Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148365 en American Association for the Advancement of Science Dupas, Pascaline; Hoffman, Vivian; Kremer, Michael; and Zwane, Alix P. 2016. Targeting health subsidies through a nonprice mechanism: A randomized controlled trial in Kenya. Science 353(6302): 889 - 895. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaf6288
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Dupas, Pascaline
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Zwane, Alix P.
Targeting health subsidies through a nonprice mechanism: A randomized controlled trial in Kenya
title Targeting health subsidies through a nonprice mechanism: A randomized controlled trial in Kenya
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title_full_unstemmed Targeting health subsidies through a nonprice mechanism: A randomized controlled trial in Kenya
title_short Targeting health subsidies through a nonprice mechanism: A randomized controlled trial in Kenya
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chlorine
experimental design
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