Using Lotteries to Incentivize Safer Sexual Behavior

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dc.creatorBjörkman Nyqvist, Martina
dc.creatorCorno, Lucia
dc.creatorde Walque, Damien
dc.creatorSvensson, Jakob
dc.date2015-03-31T15:34:35Z
dc.date2015-03-31T15:34:35Z
dc.date2015-03
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:51:23Z
dc.descriptionFinancial incentives are a promising HIV prevention strategy. This paper assesses the effect on HIV incidence of a lottery program in Lesotho with low expected payments but a chance to win a high prize conditional on negative test results for sexually transmitted infections. The intervention resulted in a 21.4 percent reduction in HIV incidence over two years. Lottery incentives appear to be particularly effective for individuals willing to take risks. This paper estimates a model linking sexual behavior to HIV incidence and finds that risk-loving individuals reduce the number of unprotected sexual acts by 0.3/month for every $1 increase in the expected prize.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/21654
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-7215
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/412016
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank Group, Washington, DC
dc.relationPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 7215
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectHIV
dc.subjectAIDS
dc.subjectconditional cash transfers
dc.subjectfinancial incentives
dc.subjectsafe sexual behavior
dc.subjectsexually transmitted infection
dc.subjectschool enrollment
dc.subjectlottery program
dc.titleUsing Lotteries to Incentivize Safer Sexual Behavior
dc.titleEvidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial on HIV Prevention
dc.typeWorking Paper
dc.typeDocument de travail
dc.typeDocumento de trabajo

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