Replication Data for: Can Higher Prices Stimulate Product Use? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Zambia
Ashraf, N.
, 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
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.
| Item Type | Dataset |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Harvard Dataverse |
| DOI | 10.7910/dvn/7vb98t |
| Date made available | 6 August 2018 |
| Keywords | Social Sciences |
| Resource language | Other |
| Departments | LSE |
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3014-8439