@techreport{Carneiro2012public,
abstract = {It is often argued that engaging in indoor residual spraying (IRS) in areas with high coverage of mosquito bed nets may discourage net ownership and use. This is just a case of a public program inducing perverse incentives. We analyze new data from a randomized control trial conducted in Eritrea which surprisingly shows the opposite: IRS encouraged net acquisition and use. Our evidence points to the role of imperfect information. The introduction of IRS may have made the problem of malaria more salient, leading to a change in beliefs about its importance and to an increase in private health investments.},
address = {London},
author = {Pedro Carneiro and Andrea Locatelli and Tewolde Ghebremeskel and Joseph Keating},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
doi = {10.1920/wp.cem.2012.1212},
keywords = {D12; D83; H42; I12; 330; Malaria; Bed nets; Indoor residual spray; Information; Beliefs; Behavior},
language = {eng},
number = {CWP12/12},
publisher = {Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice},
title = {Do public health interventions crowd out private health investments? Malaria control policies in Eritrea},
type = {cemmap working paper},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/64650},
year = {2012}
}
