Journal
HEALTH ECONOMICS
Volume 28, Issue 9, Pages 1099-1113Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/hec.3919
Keywords
conditional cash transfers; health; medical care; prenatal care
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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.
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