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Public Healthcare Financing during Counterinsurgency Efforts: Evidence from Colombia*

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: How do government counterinsurgency efforts affect local public health financing during civil conflicts? We investigate this question in the context of the protracted conflict in Colombia. Using data on antinarcotics operations and health transfers from the central government to municipal governments, we employ both panel estimations and an instrumental variable to address concerns of endogeneity. We first show evidence of a government discretionary power over the allocation of health transfers. We do not find evidence that counterinsurgency operations causally affect health transfers to municipalities. Our results rule out political alignment between mayors and the national governing party as an intermediary factor that could influence the flow of fiscal transfers in municipalities exposed to the conflict.

Source: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

DOI: 10.1111/obes.12603

Authors: Samuel Lordemus, Noemi Kreif, Rodrigo Moreno‐Serra

Institutions: University of Lucerne, University of York

Language: English

Topic: Local Government Finance and Decentralization

Subfield: Political Science and International Relations

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,730