Policy-Making, Trust and the Demand for Public Services: Evidence from a Mass Sterilization Campaign

Dijana Zejcirovic, Fernando Fernandez and Gianmarco León-Ciliotta
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Gianmarco León-Ciliotta ()

No 1352, Working Papers from Barcelona School of Economics

Abstract: 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, 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 undermined trust in institutions

Keywords: public policy; trust; reproductive health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I14 I18 N36 O10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-06
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