Household's willingness to pay for health microinsurance and its impact on actual take-up: results from a field experiment in Senegal.

Michel Tenikue

doi:10.1080/00220388.2014.940909

Household's willingness to pay for health microinsurance and its impact on actual take-up: results from a field experiment in Senegal.

Michel Tenikue

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Abstract

Community-based health insurance schemes (CBHIS) have been present in the region of Theis, Senegal, for many years. Yet, despite the benefits they offer, take-up rates remain low. This article measures the willingness to pay (WTP) for CBHIS premiums in such a context; our results highlight the role of income, wealth and risk preferences as determinants of WTP. We also provide an analysis of the predictive power of WTP on the actual take-up of insurance following our offering of membership to a sample of 360 households. Results show that WTP has a positive and significant impact on actual CBHIS take-up.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1445-1462
Number of pages	0
Journal	Journal of Development Studies
Volume	50
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2014.940909
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2014

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Community-based
health insurance
willingness to pay

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Can Hypothetical Time Discounting Rates Predict Actual Behaviour: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment.
Bonan, J., Lemay-boucher, P., Scott, D. & Tenikue, M., 2017, LISER, 36 p. (Working Papers; no. 2017-03).
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Increasing anti-malaria bednet take-up using information and distribution strategies: evidence from a field trial in Senegal.
Bonan, J., Lemay-boucher, P. & Tenikue, M., 1 Jan 2017, In: Journal of Development Effectiveness.
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Increasing anti-malaria bednets uptake using information and distribution strategies
Bonan, J., Lemay-boucher, P., Scott, D. & Tenikue, M., 2015, LISER, 28 p. (Working Papers; no. 2015-03).
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Household's willingness to pay for health microinsurance and its impact on actual take-up: results from a field experiment in Senegal.

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Can Hypothetical Time Discounting Rates Predict Actual Behaviour: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment.

Increasing anti-malaria bednet take-up using information and distribution strategies: evidence from a field trial in Senegal.

Increasing anti-malaria bednets uptake using information and distribution strategies

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