Open for (Clientelistic) Business: Outsourcing Public Services and Patronage Jobs

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Brief Overview

I investigate public health care in Brazil to reveal how politicians use an unrecognized clientelistic tool: government outsourcing. A close-elections RDD shows that opportunistic mayors outsource not only service delivery but also patronage jobs.

Author

• Tiago Peterlevitz, Yale University