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Incentivizing Safer Sexual Behavior: Evidence from a Lottery Experiment on HIV Prevention

Published:2018-07-01 Issue:3 Volume:10 Page:287-314
ISSN:1945-7782
Container-title:American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
language:en
Short-container-title:American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Author:

Björkman Nyqvist Martina¹,Corno Lucia²,de Walque Damien³,Svensson Jakob⁴

Affiliation:

1. Department of Economics, Stockholm School of Economics, Sveavägen 65, 113 83 Stockholm, Sweden (email: )

2. Department of Economics and Finance, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo Gemelli 1, Milan, Italy (email: )

3. Development Research Group, The World Bank, 1818 H Street NW, Washington, DC 20433 (email: )

4. Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden (email: )

Abstract

We investigate the effect of a financial lottery program in Lesotho with relatively low expected payments but a chance to win a high prize conditional on negative test results for sexually transmitted infections. The intervention resulted in a 21.4 percent reduction in HIV incidence over two years. Lottery incentives appear to be particularly effective in targeting individuals with ex ante risky sexual behavior, consistent with the hypothesis that lotteries are more valued by individuals willing to take risks. (JEL I12, I18, O15)

Publisher

American Economic Association

Subject

General Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Link

https://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdf/10.1257/app.20160469

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