Health and agricultural productivity: Evidence from Zambia

被引：36

作者：

Fink, Guenther ^{[1
]}

Masiye, Felix ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Harvard Univ, Sch Publ Hlth, Boston, MA 02115 USA

[2] Univ Zambia, Dept Econ, Lusaka, Zambia

来源：

JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS | 2015年 / 42卷

关键词：

Investment; Health; Productivity; Agriculture; Malaria; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED-TRIAL; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; FARMERS HEALTH; MALARIA; IMPACT; INTERVENTION; EDUCATION; DISEASE; ANEMIA;

D O I：

10.1016/j.jhealeco.2015.04.004

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

We evaluate the productivity effects of investment in preventive health technology through a randomized controlled trial in rural Zambia. In the experiment, access to subsidized bed nets was randomly assigned at the community level; 516 farmers were followed over a one-year farming period. We find large positive effects of preventative health investment on productivity: among farmers provided with access to free nets, harvest value increased by US$ 76, corresponding to about 14.7% of the average output value. While only limited information was collected on farming inputs, shifts in the extensive and the intensive margins of labor supply appear to be the most likely mechanism underlying the productivity improvements observed. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：151 / 164

页数：14