TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Janvry, Alain de
AU  - Finan, Frederico S.
AU  - Sadoulet, Elisabeth
        TI  - Local Electoral Incentives and Decentralized Program Performance
        PY  - 2010/Dec/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 5382
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp5382
        AB  - This paper analyzes how electoral incentives affected the performance of a major decentralized conditional cash transfer program intended on reducing school dropout rates among children of poor households in Brazil. We show that while this federal program successfully reduced school dropout by 8 percentage points, the program's impact was 36 percent larger in municipalities governed by mayors who faced reelection possibilities compared to those with lame-duck mayors. First term mayors with good program performance were much more likely to get re-elected. These mayors adopted program implementation practices that were not only more transparent but also associated with better program outcomes.
        KW  - conditional cash transfer
KW  - electoral incentives
KW  - decentralization
KW  - impact evaluation
        ER  -