What matters (and What Does Not) in households' decision to invest in malaria prevention?

American Economic Review

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 224-230

  Dupas, Pascaline ^a  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BED NET; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; KENYA; MALARIA; MALE; MOTIVATION; UTILIZATION;

DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALARIA; MALE; MARKETING OF HEALTH SERVICES; MOSQUITO NETS; MOTIVATION;

EID: 73849086543     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.99.2.224     Document Type: Conference Paper

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