Data and Code for: "Policy-Making, Trust and the Demand for Public Services: Evidence from a Mass Sterilizations Campaign"

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Gianmarco Leon, Universitat Pompeu Fabra; Dijana Zejcirovic, University of Vienna; Fernando Fernandez, University of Bern

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Project Citation:

Leon, Gianmarco, Zejcirovic, Dijana, and Fernandez, Fernando. Data and Code for: “Policy-Making, Trust and the Demand for Public Services: Evidence from a Mass Sterilizations Campaign.” Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2025. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-03-24. https://doi.org/10.3886/E194825V1

Project Description

Summary: 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. We provide the data and code to replicate our findings.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: Difference-in-Difference; Reproductive Health; Trust; Public Policy

JEL Classification:
      I14 Health and Inequality
      I18 Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
      N36 Economic History: Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy: Latin America; Caribbean
      O10 Economic Development: General

Geographic Coverage: Peru

Collection Date(s): 1991 – 2017

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