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Do Informed Citizens Receive Moreā€¦or Pay More? The Impact of Radio on the Government Distribution of Public Health Benefits

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dc.contributor.authorKeefer, Philip
dc.contributor.authorKhemani, Stuti
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-19T17:28:51Z
dc.date.available2012-03-19T17:28:51Z
dc.date.issued2012-01-01
dc.description.abstractThe government provision of free or subsidized bed nets to combat malaria in Benin allows the identification of new channels through which mass media affect public policy outcomes. Prior research has concluded that governments provide greater private benefits to better-informed individuals. This paper shows, for the first time, that governments can also respond by exploiting informed individuals' greater willingness to pay for these benefits. Using a "natural experiment" in radio markets in northern Benin, the paper finds that media access increases the likelihood that households pay for the bed nets they receive from government, rather than getting them for free. Households more exposed to radio programming on the benefits of bed nets and the hazards of malaria place a higher value on bed nets. Local government officials exercise significant discretion over bed net pricing and respond to higher demand by selling bed nets that they could have distributed for free. Mass media appears to change the private behavior of citizens -- in this case, to invest more of their own resources on a public health good (bed nets) -- but not their ability to extract greater benefits from government.en
dc.identifierhttp://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20120118101613
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-5952
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/3236
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5952
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectACCESS TO RADIO
dc.subjectAGENTS
dc.subjectAGGRESSIVE
dc.subjectAVERAGE NUMBER OF CHILDREN
dc.subjectBED NETS
dc.subjectBROADCASTERS
dc.subjectBROADCASTING
dc.subjectCAREGIVERS
dc.subjectCHILD MORTALITY
dc.subjectCHILD MORTALITY RATES
dc.subjectCHILD SURVIVAL
dc.subjectCITIZEN
dc.subjectCITIZENS
dc.subjectCOMMUNICATION EFFORTS
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY RADIO
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY RADIO PROGRAMMING
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY RADIO STATIONS
dc.subjectDEMOCRACY
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subjectDISASTERS
dc.subjectDISSEMINATION
dc.subjectDIVORCE
dc.subjectEDUCATION OUTCOMES
dc.subjectEDUCATION POLICIES
dc.subjectEDUCATION SERVICES
dc.subjectELEMENTARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectETHNIC GROUPS
dc.subjectFAMILY PLANNING
dc.subjectFERTILITY
dc.subjectGENOCIDE
dc.subjectGOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS
dc.subjectGOVERNMENT POLICIES
dc.subjectGOVERNMENT PROGRAMS
dc.subjectHEALTH CENTERS
dc.subjectHEALTH FACILITIES
dc.subjectHEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectHEALTH MESSAGES
dc.subjectHEALTH OFFICIALS
dc.subjectHEALTH POLICIES
dc.subjectHEALTH POLICY
dc.subjectHEALTH SERVICES
dc.subjectHEALTH WORKERS
dc.subjectHIGH SCHOOL
dc.subjectHIGHER EDUCATION
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subjectHUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectINDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectINSECTICIDE TREATMENT
dc.subjectINSECTICIDE-TREATED NETS
dc.subjectKIDS
dc.subjectLACK OF INFORMATION
dc.subjectLACK OF KNOWLEDGE
dc.subjectLEADING CAUSES
dc.subjectLEADING CAUSES OF DEATH
dc.subjectLEARNING
dc.subjectLEGISLATORS
dc.subjectLEVEL OF EDUCATION
dc.subjectLICENSING
dc.subjectLINGUISTIC DIVERSITY
dc.subjectLITERACY
dc.subjectLOCAL AUTHORITIES
dc.subjectLOCAL COMMUNITY
dc.subjectLOCAL HEALTH SERVICES
dc.subjectLOCAL RADIO
dc.subjectLOCAL RADIO STATIONS
dc.subjectMALARIA
dc.subjectMALARIA CONTROL
dc.subjectMALARIA CONTROL PROGRAMS
dc.subjectMALARIA PREVENTION
dc.subjectMALARIA PROGRAM
dc.subjectMALARIA PROGRAMS
dc.subjectMARITAL STATUS
dc.subjectMASS MEDIA
dc.subjectMEDIA ATTENTION
dc.subjectMEDIA COVERAGE
dc.subjectMORTALITY
dc.subjectMORTALITY RATE
dc.subjectNATIONAL GOVERNMENT
dc.subjectNATIONAL HEALTH POLICY
dc.subjectNATURAL DISASTER
dc.subjectNETWORKS
dc.subjectNUMBER OF ADULTS
dc.subjectNUMBER OF CHILDREN
dc.subjectPOLICY DISCUSSIONS
dc.subjectPOLICY IMPLICATIONS
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subjectPOLITICAL PARTIES
dc.subjectPOLITICAL POWER
dc.subjectPREGNANT WOMEN
dc.subjectPRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectPRIVATE SCHOOLS
dc.subjectPROGRESS
dc.subjectPROVISION OF INFORMATION
dc.subjectPUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subjectPUBLIC HEALTH POLICY
dc.subjectPUBLIC POLICY
dc.subjectPUBLIC SERVICES
dc.subjectPUBLISHING
dc.subjectRADIO
dc.subjectRADIO BROADCASTS
dc.subjectRADIO PROGRAMS
dc.subjectRADIO STATION
dc.subjectRADIO STATIONS
dc.subjectRELIGIOUS GROUPS
dc.subjectREMOTE VILLAGES
dc.subjectRESPECT
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectSCHOOLS
dc.subjectSECONDARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectSECONDARY SCHOOL
dc.subjectSERVICE DELIVERY
dc.subjectSMALL COMMUNITY RADIO STATIONS
dc.subjectSOCIAL MARKETING
dc.subjectSOCIAL SERVICES
dc.subjectSPONSORS
dc.subjectTEACHER
dc.subjectTEACHER ABSENTEEISM
dc.subjectTEACHERS
dc.subjectTELEVISION
dc.subjectTV
dc.subjectURBAN CENTER
dc.subjectURBAN CENTERS
dc.subjectVILLAGE LEVEL
dc.subjectVILLAGE RADIO
dc.subjectVULNERABLE POPULATIONS
dc.subjectWILLINGNESS TO PAY
dc.subjectWORKERS
dc.subjectWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
dc.subjectYOUNG CHILDREN
dc.titleDo Informed Citizens Receive Moreā€¦or Pay More? The Impact of Radio on the Government Distribution of Public Health Benefitsen
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okr.crossref.titleDo Informed Citizens Receive More...or Pay More? the Impact of Radio on the Government Distribution of Public Health Benefits
okr.date.disclosure2012-01-01
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T11:04:40.207505Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
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okr.globalpracticeEducation
okr.globalpracticeHealth, Nutrition, and Population
okr.guid773181468339567704
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-5952
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000158349_20120118101613
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum15640759
okr.identifier.reportWPS5952
okr.language.supporteden
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okr.region.administrativeThe World Region
okr.region.administrativeThe World Region
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Population Policies
okr.topicEducation::Education For All
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group (DECRG)
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