A particular cost disincentive was experienced by one group of PMRs in Makueni who reported that they had stocked amodiaquine drugs after the training but had been unable to compete with the lower prices (and perceived greater reliability) of the nearby chemist and hospital, leading to unsold stock.
Unlike under a carbon price, there's no cost, no disincentive, to keep polluting at the same rate.
Given that the tariff for private providers is higher (and consumers in urban areas have no price disincentive to visiting them), this is likely to be another driver of cost escalation.
On the other hand, female condoms are available in the country, but their exorbitant cost is a disincentive for its widespread use.
Those living near the hospital reported more use of lotion or petroleum jelly, which can be bought from the store on the hospital compound, although even these women noted the high cost was a disincentive from using purchased materials.
The coalition has struggled to deliver affordable childcare, and its rising cost is a serious disincentive to work in low to middle income families.
The experiment consists of four treatments across different levels of donation related costs, which reflect the disincentives associated with being an organ donor.
Other concerns are service providers not competing to keep costs down, and the potential cost of storage space; indicating disincentives if the University charges groups for storage space.
Research designed with a bottom-up approach that quantifies the potential compliance costs of land users can clearly help policy makers to target both incentives and disincentives in a cost-effective manner.
More recently, however, opinion has shifted away from the view that the income tax should be used for these purposes because of the costs involved, in terms of disincentives and other distortions of economic behaviour.
