Policymaking, Trust, and the Demand for Public Services: Evidence from a Mass Sterilization CampaignIndian Rupee

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Leon-ciliotta, Gianmarco; Zejcirovic, Dijana; Fernandez, Fernando
• 署名单位: Pompeu Fabra University; University of Vienna; University of Bern
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-ECONOMIC POLICY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1945-7731
• DOI: 10.1257/pol.20230155
• 发表日期: 2025
• 页码: 181-215
• 关键词: health; legacy; media

摘要

We study a large-scale family planning intervention in which more than 260,000 Peruvian women were sterilized. Many of these medical procedures are alleged to have been performed without patient consent. The subsequent disclosure of alleged illegal sterilizations caused reductions in the usage of contraceptive methods and prenatal and birth delivery services and, more generally, the demand for medical services in affected areas. As a result, child health worsened. The results persist for at least 17 years after the information disclosure and are driven by disappointed supporters of the implementing government. Learning about the government's malpractices under