Pressures on Local Health Supply from Conditional Cash Transfer-Driven Demand : A Local Economy Externality of Colombia's Familias En Acción
We evaluate the impact of a conditional cash transfer (CCT) on local health supply. Using a difference-in-differences design with a heterogenous intervention, we explore whether an increased proportion of CCT beneficiaries in Colombia impacted health investment requests by locality. We find that a 1% increase in the proportion of beneficiaries increased the value of investment requests by almost five times, and the number of investment requests by almost 10% (p<0.01). The impact is larger when considering health beneficiaries only and in the earlier years of implementation. There is potential evidence of a fungibility mechanism, as non-conditionality-specific investment requests increased with the proportion of CCT beneficiaries. If these requests are granted, the CCT may lead to an expansion in local healthcare supply. If they are not granted, the opposite may occur. Understanding these effects can help to better measure the full impact of CCT programmes
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2023
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Authors: | Correa, Ana ; Batura, Neha ; Goscè, Lara ; Skordis, Jolene |
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[S.l.] : SSRN |
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