Replication data for: Micro-loans, Insecticide-Treated Bednets, and Malaria: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Orissa, India

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Alessandro Tarozzi; Aprajit Mahajan; Brian Blackburn; Dan Kopf; Lakshmi Krishnan; Joanne Yoong

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Project Citation:

Tarozzi, Alessandro, Mahajan, Aprajit, Blackburn, Brian, Kopf, Dan, Krishnan, Lakshmi, and Yoong, Joanne. Replication data for: Micro-loans, Insecticide-Treated Bednets, and Malaria: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Orissa, India. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2014. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-11. https://doi.org/10.3886/E112832V1

Project Description

Summary: We describe findings from the first large-scale cluster randomized controlled trial in a developing country that evaluates the uptake of a health-protecting technology, insecticide-treated bednets (ITNs), through micro-consumer loans, as compared to free distribution and control conditions. Despite a relatively high price, 52 percent of sample households purchased ITNs, highlighting the role of liquidity constraints in explaining earlier low adoption rates. We find mixed evidence of improvements in malaria indices. We interpret the results and their implications within the debate about cost sharing, sustainability and liquidity constraints in public health initiatives in developing countries.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: Public Health; Malaria; Microfice; Bednets

JEL Classification:
      D12 Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
      G21 Banks; Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
      H51 National Government Expenditures and Health
      I12 Health Behavior
      I18 Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
      O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
      O18 Economic Development: Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure

Geographic Coverage: Orissa, India, Odisha, India

Time Period(s): 9/2007 – 4/2009

Universe: Households with affiliation to micro-lender BISWA in five district of Orissa (now Odisha, India).

Data Type(s): survey data; observational data; program source code; experimental data

Methodology

Data Source: Original data collection.

Unit(s) of Observation: Individual,

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