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The Demand for, and Impact of, Learning HIV Status

The Demand for, and Impact of, Learning HIV Status

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The Demand for, and Impact of, Learning HIV Status

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The Demand for, and Impact of, Learning HIV Status

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United States: American Economic Association

Journal title

The American economic review, 2008-12, Vol.98 (5), p.1829-1863

Language

English

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United States: American Economic Association

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Contents

This paper evaluates an experiment in which individuals in rural Malawi were randomly assigned monetary incentives to learn their HIV results after being tested. Distance to the HIV results centers was also randomly assigned. Without any incentive, 34 percent of the participants learned their HIV results. However, even the smallest incentive double...

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The Demand for, and Impact of, Learning HIV Status

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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_3115776

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_3115776

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ISSN

0002-8282

E-ISSN

1944-7981

DOI

10.1257/aer.98.5.1829

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