Can privatised healthcare add value? The Mexico diabetes experiment Private care led to large savings for the public sector and improved health outcomes through more access to care, not necessarily better technology Health Ari Bronsoler Jonathan Gruber Enrique Seira Published 29.11.21
Fertility and polygyny in rural Burkina Faso Women have a stronger preference for contraceptive vouchers than their spouses in monogamous households, but a weaker preference in polygynous ones Health Ben D'Exelle Aurelia Lepine Richard Bakyono Ludovic Tapsoba Published 15.11.21
Mass media meets motherhood: Increasing contraception uptake in Burkina Faso A high-quality intensive family planning radio campaign increased contraception uptake by 20% Health Rachel Glennerster Joanna Murray Victor Pouliquen Published 10.09.21
Attracting physicians to underserved areas: Evidence from Brazil Policies based on physicians' geographic preferences, such as quotas and university expansion, are more cost-effective than financial incentives Health Francisco Costa Leticia Nunes Fabio Miessi Sanches Published 11.06.21
Information provision and street food safety: A field study in urban India While unsafe street food affects the health of millions of people, information alone may not be enough to change vendors’ food safety practices Health Gianmarco Daniele Sulagna Mookerjee Denni Tommasi Published 24.05.21
The power of edutainment: Evidence from Brazil and Nigeria Telenovelas in Brazil helped reduce fertility rates, while an MTV drama increased knowledge about HIV in Nigeria and encouraged safer sexual practices Health Eliana La Ferrara Published 28.04.21
Designing more effective interventions to prevent childhood stunting: Evidence from Nigeria Bundling interventions that offer parents health information along with cash transfers might yield more sustainable changes in early-life health outcomes for children Health Pedro Carneiro Lucy Kraftman Giacomo Mason Lucie Moore Imran Rasul Molly Scott Published 27.01.21
The impact of criminalising sex work in Indonesia Criminalising sex work in Indonesia led to large increases in sexually transmitted infections among sex workers and likely across the whole population Health Lisa Cameron Jennifer Seager Manisha Shah Published 09.11.20
Incentivising behavioural change: The role of time preferences Bundling payment incentives over time is more effective in increasing effort among the impatient, relative to increasing payment frequency Health Rebecca Dizon-Ross Shilpa Aggarwal Ariel Zucker Published 07.10.20
