Incentivizing safer sexual behavior: Evidence from a lottery experiment on HIV prevention

Martina Björkman Nyqvist; Lucia Corno; Damien De Walque; Jakob Svensson

doi:10.1257/app.20160469

Incentivizing safer sexual behavior: Evidence from a lottery experiment on HIV prevention

Martina Björkman Nyqvist, Lucia Corno^*, Damien De Walque, Jakob Svensson

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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% 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.

Lingua originale	English
pagine (da-a)	287-314
Numero di pagine	28
Rivista	AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL. APPLIED ECONOMICS
Volume	2018
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1257/app.20160469
Stato di pubblicazione	Pubblicato - 2018

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