Pricing and Access: Lessons from Randomized Evaluations in Education and Health

摘要: This paper surveys evidence from recent randomized evaluations in developing countries on the impact of price access to health and education. The debate user fees has been contentious, but until recently much was anecdotal. Randomized across a variety settings suggest prices have large take-up education products services. While sign this effect is consistent with standard theories human capital investment, more detailed examination data suggests that it may be important go beyond these models. There some for peer effects, which implies goods aggregate response will exceed individual response. Time-inconsistent preferences could potentially help explain apparently disproportionate small short-run costs benefits decisions long-run consequences.