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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2024
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 17053
Verlag: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Zusammenfassung: 
We examine the human development consequences of transferring responsibility for public service provision to local governments in India, using state-level variation in the timing of administrative decentralization reforms. We find that devolution of the responsibility for health functions from state to local governments, without concomitant authority over personnel or taxation, results in a worsening of neonatal, infant and under-5 child mortality. Such partial devolution results in worse indicators of public health provision, as well as lower rates of primary school completion. Our results cannot be attributed to differential pre-trends, omitted variables bias, or heterogeneous treatment effects.
Schlagwörter: 
decentralization
infant mortality
primary schooling
local governments
India
JEL: 
H77
H75
D73
H41
Dokumentart: 
Working Paper

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