Reservation wage of female volunteer community health workers in Dhaka urban slums: a bidding game approach
This article was published in the Health Economics Review [© 2014, Alam et al.; licensee Springer.] and the definite version is available at : http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13561-014-0016-4 The Journal's website is at: http://healtheconomicsreview.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s13561-014-0016-...
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10361-66872016-11-23T10:42:49Z Reservation wage of female volunteer community health workers in Dhaka urban slums: a bidding game approach Alam, Khurshid Tasneem, Sakiba Huq, Molla BRAC Institute of Governance and Development Volunteer CHWs Performance Retention Financial incentives Reservation wage Bidding game This article was published in the Health Economics Review [© 2014, Alam et al.; licensee Springer.] and the definite version is available at : http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13561-014-0016-4 The Journal's website is at: http://healtheconomicsreview.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s13561-014-0016-4 Background: BRAC, a large Bangladeshi NGO, recently has been using female volunteer community health workers (CHWs) in Dhaka urban slums to provide maternal and child health services. Due to erratic performance-based income and higher opportunity cost the urban CHWs lose motivation which contributes to high dropout and poor performance. This results challenges for the cost effectiveness and sustainability of the urban health program. CHWs also consider their performance-based income very low compare to their work load. So, CHWs raise their voice for a fixed income. In order to understand this problem we explored fixed income for CHWs and the correlates that influence it. We surveyed a sample of 542 current CHWs. We used bidding game approach to derive the equilibrium reservation wage for CHWs for providing full-time services. Then, we performed ordered logit models with bootstrap simulation to identify the determinants of reservation wage. Results: The average reservation wage of CHWs to continue their work as full-time CHWs rather than volunteer CHWs was US$24.11 which was three times higher than their current performance-based average income of US$ 8.03. Those CHWs received additional health training outside BRAC were 72% and those who joined with an expectation of income were 62% more likely to ask for higher reservation wage. On the contrary, CHWs who were burdened with household loan were 65% and CHWs who had alternative income generating scope were 47% less likely to ask for higher reservation wage. Other important factors we identified were BRAC village organization membership, competition with other health services providers, performance as a CHW, and current and past monthly CHW income. Conclusions: The findings of this study are relevant to certain developing countries such as Bangladesh and Tanzania which commonly use volunteer CHWs, and where poor retention and performance is a common issue due to erratic and performance-based income. So, the study has implications in improving retention of health workers as well as their level of performance. The study also suggests that the financial incentives provided to CHWs should be clearly based on their qualifications and opportunity cost to ensure a high performing and motivated health workforce. 2016-11-02T10:15:56Z 2016-11-02T10:15:56Z 2014 Article Alam, K., Tasneem, S., & Huq, M. (2014). Reservation wage of female volunteer community health workers in dhaka urban slums: A bidding game approach. Health Economics Review, 4(1), 1-10. doi:10.1186/s13561-014-0016-4 21911991 http://hdl.handle.net/10361/6687 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13561-014-0016-4 en http://healtheconomicsreview.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s13561-014-0016-4 © 2014 Health Economics Review |
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This article was published in the Health Economics Review [© 2014, Alam et al.; licensee Springer.] and the definite version is available at : http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13561-014-0016-4 The Journal's website is at: http://healtheconomicsreview.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s13561-014-0016-4 |
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