Public Mosquito Abatement: A Cluster Randomized Experiment

Josselin Thuilliez and Yves Dumont ()
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Yves Dumont: UMR AMAP - Botanique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des Végétations - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - UM - Université de Montpellier - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - IRD [Occitanie] - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Cirad-BIOS - Département Systèmes Biologiques - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement

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Abstract: Mosquito abatement is a public good. A simultaneous model of mosquito abundance and abatement response is developed. We then use data from a cluster randomized controlled experiment conducted over the period 2012–2014 in urban areas of Re´union in France to study the impact of WHO-recommended mechanical elimination techniques, which involve removing sources of stagnant water around the house, on a number of outcomes, including objective entomological indices and self-declared protective behaviors. Empirical results document that households reduce their protective behavior in response to public control. This study holds implications for arboviral disease control, including Zika control.

Keywords: Private behaviors.; Mosquito abatement; Public control (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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Published in World Bank Economic Review, 2019, 33 (2), pp.479-497. ⟨10.1093/wber/lhw066⟩

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DOI: 10.1093/wber/lhw066

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