%0 Report
        %A Carneiro, Pedro
%A Locatelli, Andrea
%A Ghebremeskel, Tewolde
%A Keating, Joseph
        %T Do Public Health Interventions Crowd Out Private Health Investments? Malaria Control Policies in Eritrea
        %D 2012
        %8 2012 May
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 6560
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp6560
        %X 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.

        %K crowding out
%K behavior
%K malaria
%K beliefs
%K information
%K indoor residual spray
%K bed nets
%K health
%K developing countries