Crowding Out in Blood Donation: Was Titmuss Right?
[working-paper version read in full at source with all tables; the published text was not read, and the figures are attributed to the working paper] Mellstrom, C., & Johannesson, M. (2008). 'Crowding Out in Blood Donation: Was Titmuss Right?' Journal of the European Economic Association, 6(4), 845-863. doi:10.1162/JEEA.2008.6.4.845. A field experiment at the Regional Blood Center, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, with undergraduates randomly assigned to three arms and offered the health examination required to become a blood donor: no payment, about seven United States dollars, or a choice between that payment and donating it to the Swedish Children's Cancer Foundation. Final analysis sample 262. Overall, about 43, 33 and 44 per cent agreed and no difference is significant. For men, no significant difference. For women, about 52, 30 and 53 per cent, with both comparisons significant. The authors' own caveats are carried: students may not be representative, recruitment disclosed the topic, and the lottery-ticket show-up fee may have selected for people responsive to money.
[working-paper version read in full at source with all tables; the published text was not read, and the figures are attributed to the working paper] Mellstrom, C., & Johannesson, M. (2008). 'Crowding Out in Blood Donation: Was Titmuss Right?' Journal of the European Economic Association, 6(4), 845-863. doi:10.1162/JEEA.2008.6.4.845. A field experiment at the Regional Blood Center, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, with undergraduates randomly assigned to three arms and offered the health examination required to become a blood donor: no payment, about seven United States dollars, or a choice between that payment and donating it to the Swedish Children's Cancer Foundation. Final analysis sample 262. Overall, about 43, 33 and 44 per cent agreed and no difference is significant. For men, no significant difference. For women, about 52, 30 and 53 per cent, with both comparisons significant. The authors' own caveats are carried: students may not be representative, recruitment disclosed the topic, and the lottery-ticket show-up fee may have selected for people responsive to money.
Written from the working-paper version read in full at source with all tables; the published text was not read, and the figures are attributed to the working paper.
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Mellstrom, C., & Johannesson, M. (2008). Crowding Out in Blood Donation: Was Titmuss Right? Journal of the European Economic Association, 6(4), 845-863.