Episode 16: Carlos Riumallo Herl on how to encourage people to go for screenings!

This episode's guest is Carlos Riumallo Herl, who is an assistant professor at the Erasmus School of Economics. His research focuses on healthy ageing and the role of prevention, especially in low- and middle income countries. We discuss one of his most recent publications, shared work with Mylene Lagarde, which explores the impact of individual and group incentives to encourage cardiovascular check-ups in El Salvador. We discuss his experiences with field experiments and he shares tips and tricks on dealing with different stakeholders in a research project. 

  

Guest: Carlos Riumallo Herl (Assistant professor at the Erasmus School of Economics)  

Hosts: Karen Trujillo Jara and Fanny Tallgren 

  

Timestamps: 

(01:00) Introduction and research focus 

(02:05) Discussion of recent publication, in collaboration with Mylene Lagarde: "Better together? Group incentives and the demand for prevention", published in the Journal of Development Economics. 

(03:38) Aims & objectives of the project 

(07:16) Group incentives 

(15:32) Discussion of the results 

(33:10) Experiences with field experiments 

(37:35) Managing different stakeholders' interests and expectations in research  

  

References: 

Article: Lagarde, M., Herl, C.R. (2025). Better together? Group incentives and the demand for prevention. Journal of Development Economics, 103365.