Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/237728 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2102
Publisher: 
Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Christian Doppler Laboratory Aging, Health and the Labor Market, Linz
Abstract: 
With regard to their future health, adolescents are at a critical stage. Previous evaluations have shown that health screenings, counselling, and other intervention programmes during this phase of life are important, particularly for those with a low socio-economic background. Unfortunately, adolescents tend to have little interest in preventive programmes. We designed a field experiment to evaluate the effectiveness of financial incentives to promote participation in health screenings. Our study comprises more than 10,000 participants, observed via high-quality administrative data from Austria. The treatment group received a e40 shopping voucher if they participated in an age-specific health screening. On average, the financial incentive increased the likelihood of participation by 280 %. Treatment effects are comparably larger for children in families with a higher socio-economic status, and of parents with a revealed preference for secondary health prevention.
Subjects: 
health screenings
financial incentives
adolescence
early intervention
secondary prevention
JEL: 
I12
J13
I18
I14
H51
H75
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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