Micro-loans, insecticide-treated bednets, and malaria: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Orissa, India

American Economic Review

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1909-1941

  Tarozzi, Alessandro ^a   Mahajan, Aprajit ^b   Blackburn, Brian ^c   Kopf, Dan ^d   Krishnan, Lakshmi ^e   Yoong, Joanne ^f  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Savvy Sherpa   (United States)

^e FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^f NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

BED NET; COST; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INDIA; MALARIA; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); UTILIZATION;

COST SHARING; HUMANS; INDIA; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MOSQUITO NETS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84904409238     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.104.7.1909     Document Type: Article

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