Do Informed Citizens Receive More…or Pay More? The Impact of Radio on the Government Distribution of Public Health Benefits
The 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 priva...
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okr-10986-32362021-04-23T14:02:08Z Do Informed Citizens Receive More…or Pay More? The Impact of Radio on the Government Distribution of Public Health Benefits Keefer, Philip Khemani, Stuti ACCESS TO RADIO AGENTS AGGRESSIVE AVERAGE NUMBER OF CHILDREN BED NETS BROADCASTERS BROADCASTING CAREGIVERS CHILD MORTALITY CHILD MORTALITY RATES CHILD SURVIVAL CITIZEN CITIZENS COMMUNICATION EFFORTS COMMUNITY RADIO COMMUNITY RADIO PROGRAMMING COMMUNITY RADIO STATIONS DEMOCRACY DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISASTERS DISSEMINATION DIVORCE EDUCATION OUTCOMES EDUCATION POLICIES EDUCATION SERVICES ELEMENTARY EDUCATION ETHNIC GROUPS FAMILY PLANNING FERTILITY GENOCIDE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS GOVERNMENT POLICIES GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE HEALTH MESSAGES HEALTH OFFICIALS HEALTH POLICIES HEALTH POLICY HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH WORKERS HIGH SCHOOL HIGHER EDUCATION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS INSECTICIDE TREATMENT INSECTICIDE-TREATED NETS KIDS LACK OF INFORMATION LACK OF KNOWLEDGE LEADING CAUSES LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH LEARNING LEGISLATORS LEVEL OF EDUCATION LICENSING LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY LITERACY LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCAL COMMUNITY LOCAL HEALTH SERVICES LOCAL RADIO LOCAL RADIO STATIONS MALARIA MALARIA CONTROL MALARIA CONTROL PROGRAMS MALARIA PREVENTION MALARIA PROGRAM MALARIA PROGRAMS MARITAL STATUS MASS MEDIA MEDIA ATTENTION MEDIA COVERAGE MORTALITY MORTALITY RATE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT NATIONAL HEALTH POLICY NATURAL DISASTER NETWORKS NUMBER OF ADULTS NUMBER OF CHILDREN POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICAL POWER PREGNANT WOMEN PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIVATE SCHOOLS PROGRESS PROVISION OF INFORMATION PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLISHING RADIO RADIO BROADCASTS RADIO PROGRAMS RADIO STATION RADIO STATIONS RELIGIOUS GROUPS REMOTE VILLAGES RESPECT RURAL AREAS SCHOOLS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SERVICE DELIVERY SMALL COMMUNITY RADIO STATIONS SOCIAL MARKETING SOCIAL SERVICES SPONSORS TEACHER TEACHER ABSENTEEISM TEACHERS TELEVISION TV URBAN CENTER URBAN CENTERS VILLAGE LEVEL VILLAGE RADIO VULNERABLE POPULATIONS WILLINGNESS TO PAY WORKERS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG CHILDREN The 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. 2012-03-19T17:28:51Z 2012-03-19T17:28:51Z 2012-01-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20120118101613 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3236 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5952 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper The World Region The World Region |
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ACCESS TO RADIO AGENTS AGGRESSIVE AVERAGE NUMBER OF CHILDREN BED NETS BROADCASTERS BROADCASTING CAREGIVERS CHILD MORTALITY CHILD MORTALITY RATES CHILD SURVIVAL CITIZEN CITIZENS COMMUNICATION EFFORTS COMMUNITY RADIO COMMUNITY RADIO PROGRAMMING COMMUNITY RADIO STATIONS DEMOCRACY DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISASTERS DISSEMINATION DIVORCE EDUCATION OUTCOMES EDUCATION POLICIES EDUCATION SERVICES ELEMENTARY EDUCATION ETHNIC GROUPS FAMILY PLANNING FERTILITY GENOCIDE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS GOVERNMENT POLICIES GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE HEALTH MESSAGES HEALTH OFFICIALS HEALTH POLICIES HEALTH POLICY HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH WORKERS HIGH SCHOOL HIGHER EDUCATION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS INSECTICIDE TREATMENT INSECTICIDE-TREATED NETS KIDS LACK OF INFORMATION LACK OF KNOWLEDGE LEADING CAUSES LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH LEARNING LEGISLATORS LEVEL OF EDUCATION LICENSING LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY LITERACY LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCAL COMMUNITY LOCAL HEALTH SERVICES LOCAL RADIO LOCAL RADIO STATIONS MALARIA MALARIA CONTROL MALARIA CONTROL PROGRAMS MALARIA PREVENTION MALARIA PROGRAM MALARIA PROGRAMS MARITAL STATUS MASS MEDIA MEDIA ATTENTION MEDIA COVERAGE MORTALITY MORTALITY RATE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT NATIONAL HEALTH POLICY NATURAL DISASTER NETWORKS NUMBER OF ADULTS NUMBER OF CHILDREN POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICAL POWER PREGNANT WOMEN PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIVATE SCHOOLS PROGRESS PROVISION OF INFORMATION PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLISHING RADIO RADIO BROADCASTS RADIO PROGRAMS RADIO STATION RADIO STATIONS RELIGIOUS GROUPS REMOTE VILLAGES RESPECT RURAL AREAS SCHOOLS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SERVICE DELIVERY SMALL COMMUNITY RADIO STATIONS SOCIAL MARKETING SOCIAL SERVICES SPONSORS TEACHER TEACHER ABSENTEEISM TEACHERS TELEVISION TV URBAN CENTER URBAN CENTERS VILLAGE LEVEL VILLAGE RADIO VULNERABLE POPULATIONS WILLINGNESS TO PAY WORKERS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG CHILDREN |
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ACCESS TO RADIO AGENTS AGGRESSIVE AVERAGE NUMBER OF CHILDREN BED NETS BROADCASTERS BROADCASTING CAREGIVERS CHILD MORTALITY CHILD MORTALITY RATES CHILD SURVIVAL CITIZEN CITIZENS COMMUNICATION EFFORTS COMMUNITY RADIO COMMUNITY RADIO PROGRAMMING COMMUNITY RADIO STATIONS DEMOCRACY DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISASTERS DISSEMINATION DIVORCE EDUCATION OUTCOMES EDUCATION POLICIES EDUCATION SERVICES ELEMENTARY EDUCATION ETHNIC GROUPS FAMILY PLANNING FERTILITY GENOCIDE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS GOVERNMENT POLICIES GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE HEALTH MESSAGES HEALTH OFFICIALS HEALTH POLICIES HEALTH POLICY HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH WORKERS HIGH SCHOOL HIGHER EDUCATION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS INSECTICIDE TREATMENT INSECTICIDE-TREATED NETS KIDS LACK OF INFORMATION LACK OF KNOWLEDGE LEADING CAUSES LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH LEARNING LEGISLATORS LEVEL OF EDUCATION LICENSING LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY LITERACY LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCAL COMMUNITY LOCAL HEALTH SERVICES LOCAL RADIO LOCAL RADIO STATIONS MALARIA MALARIA CONTROL MALARIA CONTROL PROGRAMS MALARIA PREVENTION MALARIA PROGRAM MALARIA PROGRAMS MARITAL STATUS MASS MEDIA MEDIA ATTENTION MEDIA COVERAGE MORTALITY MORTALITY RATE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT NATIONAL HEALTH POLICY NATURAL DISASTER NETWORKS NUMBER OF ADULTS NUMBER OF CHILDREN POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICAL POWER PREGNANT WOMEN PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIVATE SCHOOLS PROGRESS PROVISION OF INFORMATION PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLISHING RADIO RADIO BROADCASTS RADIO PROGRAMS RADIO STATION RADIO STATIONS RELIGIOUS GROUPS REMOTE VILLAGES RESPECT RURAL AREAS SCHOOLS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SERVICE DELIVERY SMALL COMMUNITY RADIO STATIONS SOCIAL MARKETING SOCIAL SERVICES SPONSORS TEACHER TEACHER ABSENTEEISM TEACHERS TELEVISION TV URBAN CENTER URBAN CENTERS VILLAGE LEVEL VILLAGE RADIO VULNERABLE POPULATIONS WILLINGNESS TO PAY WORKERS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG CHILDREN Keefer, Philip Khemani, Stuti Do Informed Citizens Receive More…or Pay More? The Impact of Radio on the Government Distribution of Public Health Benefits |
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The World Region The World Region |
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Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5952 |
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The 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. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
| author |
Keefer, Philip Khemani, Stuti |
| author_facet |
Keefer, Philip Khemani, Stuti |
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Keefer, Philip |
| title |
Do Informed Citizens Receive More…or Pay More? The Impact of Radio on the Government Distribution of Public Health Benefits |
| title_short |
Do Informed Citizens Receive More…or Pay More? The Impact of Radio on the Government Distribution of Public Health Benefits |
| title_full |
Do Informed Citizens Receive More…or Pay More? The Impact of Radio on the Government Distribution of Public Health Benefits |
| title_fullStr |
Do Informed Citizens Receive More…or Pay More? The Impact of Radio on the Government Distribution of Public Health Benefits |
| title_full_unstemmed |
Do Informed Citizens Receive More…or Pay More? The Impact of Radio on the Government Distribution of Public Health Benefits |
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do informed citizens receive more…or pay more? the impact of radio on the government distribution of public health benefits |
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2012 |
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