TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Carneiro, Pedro
AU  - Locatelli, Andrea
AU  - Ghebremeskel, Tewolde
AU  - Keating, Joseph
        TI  - Do Public Health Interventions Crowd Out Private Health Investments? Malaria Control Policies in Eritrea
        PY  - 2012/May/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 6560
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp6560
        AB  - 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.

        KW  - crowding out
KW  - behavior
KW  - malaria
KW  - beliefs
KW  - information
KW  - indoor residual spray
KW  - bed nets
KW  - health
KW  - developing countries
        ER  -