I don’t know much about supplements/bednets, but AFAIU there are some economy of scale issues which make it easier for e.g. AMF to supply bednets compared with individuals buying bednets for themselves.
As to how to predict “decision utility when well informed”, one method I can think of is look at people who have been selected for being well-informed while similar to target recipients in other respects.
But, I don’t at all claim that I know how to do it right, or even that life satisfaction polls are useless. I’m just saying that I would feel better about research grounded in (what I see as) more solid starting assumptions, which might lead to using life satisfaction polls or to something else entirely (or a combination of both).
I don’t know much about supplements/bednets, but AFAIU there are some economy of scale issues which make it easier for e.g. AMF to supply bednets compared with individuals buying bednets for themselves.
As to how to predict “decision utility when well informed”, one method I can think of is look at people who have been selected for being well-informed while similar to target recipients in other respects.
But, I don’t at all claim that I know how to do it right, or even that life satisfaction polls are useless. I’m just saying that I would feel better about research grounded in (what I see as) more solid starting assumptions, which might lead to using life satisfaction polls or to something else entirely (or a combination of both).