Electoral Impacts of Community-Based Health Expansion: Evidence from Rio de Janeiro

• In Event: What Affects Vote Choice and Partisan Identity?

Brief Overview

I investigate if the expansion of primary health care (PHC) coverage in Rio de Janeiro affected the mayor's reelection in 2012. The results suggest that PHC coverage variation had significant positive effects on the incumbent's vote share.

Author

• Marcela dos Santos Camargo, Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)