Willingness to pay for a new mosquito-repellent ointment: Experimental evidence from Burkina Faso

Elodie Djemai and Yohan Renard

No DT/2023/07, Working Papers from DIAL (Développement, Institutions et Mondialisation)

Abstract: We use a randomized experiment to study how a subsidy for a mosquito-repellent ointment to protect from malaria affects uptake, usage, and future demand for the product in Burkina Faso. We randomly vary the subsidy level across enumeration areas and approximately 3,100 households are randomly allocated to one of the three groups: 0%, 50% of 100% subsidy. Our main results are that subsidies strongly and significantly increase the likelihood of acquiring a jar of mosquito-repellent ointment, and of using it on a regular basis during the rainy season. We do not find any evidence supporting heterogeneous treatment effects based on household characteristics, nor on the use of preventive measures at baseline.

Keywords: Malaria; Behavior; Technology adoption; Price; Africa; Burkina Faso (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H43 I12 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 66 pages
Date: 2023-12
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