Health Behavior in Developing Countries
综述了低收入国家健康行为的微观经济学研究，分析了信息、同伴、流动性约束和非理性偏好等因素，并讨论了政策含义，如强制、补贴和激励措施。
The disease burden in low-income countries is extremely high. Malaria, respiratory infections, diarrhea, AIDS, and other diseases are estimated to kill more than 15 million people each year, most of them children. Yet the great majority of these diseases can be prevented or treated. This article reviews microeconomic studies of health-seeking behavior in low-income countries. Factors examined include information, peers, liquidity constraints, and nonrational preferences, such as present bias. I then discuss the implications for policy, including the scope for mandates, subsidies, and incentives.