Political competition and the provision of early childhood education and care: evidence from Brazil

dc.contributor.authorPortella, Alysson Lorenzon
dc.contributor.authorTebaldi, Raquel
dc.coverage.paisNão Informadopt_BR
dc.creatorPortella, Alysson Lorenzon
dc.creatorTebaldi, Raquel
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-26T23:02:13Z
dc.date.available2024-02-26T23:02:13Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractThe objective of this paper is to investigate whether higher political competition induces the expansion of public early childhood education and care (ECEC) services using Brazil as a case study. Public ECEC services are provided mainly by Brazilian municipalities and although enrolment for children aged 0 to 3 is not mandatory, it has increased continuously in the last two decades, with large heterogeneity across municipalities. In addition, electoral rules in Brazil establishes a dual-ballot system only for municipalities with more than 200,000 registered voters. This provides an exogenous variation in political competition that enables us to evaluate its impact on ECEC provision through a regression discontinuity design. We find that average estimated municipal crèche net enrolment rates are around 3 percentage points larger in municipalities with the dual-ballot. ECEC expenditure levels are also higher in these municipalities.pt_BR
dc.description.notesProdução vinculada do Insper Conhecimento.pt_BR
dc.format.extent35 p.pt_BR
dc.format.mediumDigitalpt_BR
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.insper.edu.br/handle/11224/6443
dc.language.isoInglêspt_BR
dc.rights.licenseO INSPER E ESTE REPOSITÓRIO NÃO DETÊM OS DIREITOS DE USO E REPRODUÇÃO DOS CONTEÚDOS AQUI REGISTRADOS. É RESPONSABILIDADE DO USUÁRIO VERIFICAR OS USOS PERMITIDOS NA FONTE ORIGINAL, RESPEITANDO-SE OS DIREITOS DE AUTOR OU EDITOR.pt_BR
dc.subjectChildcarept_BR
dc.subjectDaycarept_BR
dc.subjectPolitical Competitionpt_BR
dc.subjectElectoral Rulespt_BR
dc.titlePolitical competition and the provision of early childhood education and care: evidence from Brazilpt_BR
dc.typeworking paper
dspace.entity.typePublication
local.subject.cnpqMultidisciplinarpt_BR
local.typeWorking Paperpt_BR

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