The allocation of health (and other professional) personnel to rural areas of poor countries
对比抽签分配与自由市场两种方式，发现抽签系统能以更低成本增加贫困国家农村地区的卫生人员数量，基于市场溢价估算的模型显示抽签可能带来显著收益。
The availability of health personnel in the rural areas of poor countries is generally seen as problematic. This paper contrasts a lottery-based assignment of personnel between rural and urban areas to a free-market solution in which personnel are paid a premium to accept a rural posting. The lottery system can lower total cost and increase the number of personnel in rural areas. The model benchmarked with published estimates of the premium that would be required under a free market suggests gains from the lottery could be substantial.