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August 17, 2025

Scarcity, Cognition, and Health Decision-Making: Evidence from a Lab-in-the-Field Experiment in Rural China

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HZHaiou ZhuFYFangzhou YouELEn‐Xiao Liu

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Lab-in-the-field study shows scarcity influences health decisions in poorer rural areas, suggesting tailored interventions.

Key Points

  • Scarcity significantly reduced cognitive performance and increased health-related risk aversion in rural Yunnan.
  • In Yunnan, 479 participants revealed a notable shift due to scarcity, while Shaanxi showed no such effects.
  • Lab-in-the-field experiment assessed cognitive function and risk preferences linked to scarcity contexts.
  • Findings underline the need for context-specific interventions to address health and poverty challenges.

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Zhu et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68a36f900a429f79733327e0https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-7321300/v1
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