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Unconditional transfers goes to health? Evidence from Brazilian municipalities

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  • Mattos, Enlinson
  • Ribeiro, Fernanda Patriota Salles

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This study assesses the impact of unconditional transfer resources on the health indicators of Brazilian municipalities. This transfer refers to the Participation Fund of Municipalities (FPM) where at least 15% of its value should be spent on public health. Based on a discontinuity of the rules of transfers, we explore Regression Discontinuous Design for the years 2002 to 2010, and find: (i) no significant effect of FPM on mortality reduction; (ii) a robust and significant reduction in morbidity, treated municipalities – on the right side of thresholds – on average have a per capita rate of morbidity 0.00821% lower than those on the left side of the cutoff points; (iii) the mechanisms through which a reduction on morbidity could be operated would be due to estimated increases in preventive measures such as consultations and medical and nurses visits, these were bigger for the treated group in, respectively, 0.32%, 0.038% and 0.039%.

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  • Mattos, Enlinson & Ribeiro, Fernanda Patriota Salles, 2015. "Unconditional transfers goes to health? Evidence from Brazilian municipalities," Textos para discussão 376, FGV EESP - Escola de Economia de São Paulo, Fundação Getulio Vargas (Brazil).
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