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The Impact of Direct Cash Payments on Whole Blood Supply
- Source :
- German Economic Review. 20:e973-e1001
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2019.
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Abstract
- This paper investigates the impact of monetary incentives on whole blood donations. We take advantage of a quasi-natural experiment in Germany, in which one blood donation site changes its payment scheme from remunerated to non-remunerated. All other donation sites maintain their payment schemes. We show that donation volumes drop significantly after the pay drop and do not recuperate. At the same time, donation volumes increase at other paid donation sites, which is partly due to donor migration to these sites. We do not find any impact of the changed payment scheme on blood quality. Our results offer additional insight into the complex question whether it is efficient to ensure blood supply by paying donors a direct monetary compensation.
- Subjects :
- Finance
Economics and Econometrics
business.industry
media_common.quotation_subject
05 social sciences
Economic shortage
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
Payment
03 medical and health sciences
Blood donations
0302 clinical medicine
Incentive
Blood donor
Cash
Donation
0502 economics and business
Economics
050207 economics
business
Whole blood
media_common
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14680475 and 14656485
- Volume :
- 20
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- German Economic Review
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........dde982f120d9b40635dd9986fced53d2
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/geer.12204