Reservation wage of female volunteer community health workers in Dhaka urban slums: a bidding game approach

Khurshid Alam (), Sakiba Tasneem () and Molla Huq ()

Health Economics Review, 2014, vol. 4, issue 1, 1-10

Abstract: The findings of this study are relevant to certain developing countries such as Bangladesh and Tanzania which commonly use volunteer CHWs, and where poor retention and performance is a common issue due to erratic and performance-based income. So, the study has implications in improving retention of health workers as well as their level of performance. The study also suggests that the financial incentives provided to CHWs should be clearly based on their qualifications and opportunity cost to ensure a high performing and motivated health workforce. Copyright Alam et al.; licensee Springer 2014

Keywords: Volunteer CHWs; Performance; Retention; Financial incentives; Reservation wage; Bidding game (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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