Using Lotteries to Incentivize Safer Sexual Behavior : Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial on HIV Prevention

Using Lotteries to Incentivize Safer Sexual Behavior : Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial on HIV Prevention

Financial incentives are a promising HIV prevention strategy. This paper assesses the effect on HIV incidence of a lottery program in Lesotho with low expected payments but a chance to win a high prize conditional on negative test results for sexually transmitted infections. The intervention resulte...

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Main Authors: Björkman Nyqvist, Martina, Corno, Lucia, de Walque, Damien, Svensson, Jakob
Format: Working Paper
Language:en_US
Published: World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:
HIV
AIDS
conditional cash transfers
financial incentives
safe sexual behavior
sexually transmitted infection
school enrollment
lottery program
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21654

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21654

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