Title
Encouraging use of prenatal care through conditional cash transfers: Evidence from JUNTOS in Peru
Date Issued
01 September 2019
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Saldarriaga V.
Publisher(s)
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Abstract
We use a difference-in-differences strategy to estimate the effects of JUNTOS, a conditional cash transfer program targeted to poor rural households in Peru, on use of prenatal care. Using data from the Peruvian Demographic and Health Surveys over the period 2000–2011, we find that JUNTOS increased prenatal care utilization among program-eligible women. Even more, we find positive effects of JUNTOS on the probability of receiving prenatal care delivered by a skilled professional, including specific medical checkups during the prenatal visits, and a negative effect on the probability of experiencing obstetric emergencies during labor and childbirth.
Start page
1099
End page
1113
Volume
28
Issue
9
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Obstetricia, Ginecología
Subjects
DOI
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85070528921
PubMed ID
Source
Health Economics (United Kingdom)
ISSN of the container
10579230
Sponsor(s)
Díaz gratefully acknowledges the financial support provided by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), with a grant awarded to senior researchers by the Think Thank Initiative through GRADE. We are grateful to Julio Cáceres‐Delpiano, Alberto Chong, and Joshua Gottlieb for helpful comments. We also thank the Editor and two anonymous reviewers for insightful comments that helped us to improve the final version of the paper. Any errors are our own.
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