Replication Data for: Can Higher Prices Stimulate Product Use? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Zambia

Ashraf, N.ORCID logo, Berry, J. & Shapiro, J. M. (2018). Replication Data for: Can Higher Prices Stimulate Product Use? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Zambia. [Dataset]. Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.7910/dvn/7vb98t
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The controversy over how much to charge for health products in the developing world rests, in part, on whether higher prices can increase use, either by targeting distribution to high-use households (a screening effect), or by stimulating use psychologically through a sunk-cost effect. We develop a methodology for separating these two effects. We implement the methodology in a field experiment in Zambia using door-to-door marketing of a home water purification solution. We find evidence of economically important screening effects. By contrast, we find no consistent evidence of sunk-cost effects.

Available at: 10.7910/dvn/7vb98t

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