Radio's Impact on Preferences for Patronage Benefits
Citizens in developing countries support politicians who provide patronage or clientelist benefits, such as government jobs and gifts at the time of elections. Can access to mass media that broadcasts public interest messages shift citizens' p...
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ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT ADULTS ADVERTISING AGED BASIC EDUCATION BASIC SERVICES BROADCAST CATHOLIC SCHOOLS CERTIFICATES CITIZEN CITIZENS CLASSROOM COMMUNES COMMUNICATION STRATEGY COMMUNITY RADIO COMMUNITY RADIO BROADCASTERS COMMUNITY RADIO PROGRAMMING COMMUNITY RADIO STATIONS DEMAND FOR SERVICES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISTRICTS DWELLING EARLY MARRIAGES EDUCATION FOR ALL EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS EDUCATION INVESTMENTS EDUCATION OF CHILDREN EDUCATION SERVICES EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING ELDERLY ELEMENTARY EDUCATION ETHNIC GROUP ETHNIC GROUPS FAMILIES FINANCIAL SUPPORT GENDER GENOCIDE GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNMENT POLICIES GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS GPS HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH WORKERS HIGHER EDUCATION HOMES HOUSEHOLD ACCESS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD NUMBER HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSING HOUSING CONSTRUCTION HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION IMPROVEMENTS IN HEALTH INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS INFORMATION PROVISION INSTITUTION INTERVENTIONS LAWS LEGISLATORS LITERACY LOCAL COMMUNITY LOCAL DEVELOPMENT LOCAL POPULATION LOCAL RADIO LOCAL RADIO STATIONS MALARIA MARITAL STATUS MASS MEDIA MOBILE PHONE MOBILE PHONES MOSQUITO NETS NUMBER OF ADULTS NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS OPEN ACCESS OPINION LEADERS PENSIONS POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL PARTICIPATION POLITICAL POWER POLITICAL SUPPORT POLITICAL SYSTEMS PREGNANT WOMEN PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIVATE PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIVATE SCHOOLS PROGRESS PROMISES OF JOBS PROMOTING HEALTH PROVISION OF INFORMATION PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY PUBLIC AFFAIRS PUBLIC EDUCATION PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SERVICES QUALITY OF SERVICES RADIO RADIO BROADCASTS RADIO PROGRAM RADIO PROGRAMS RADIO SIGNALS RADIO STATION RADIOS RELIGIOUS GROUPS REMOTE VILLAGES RESULT RESULTS RURAL AREAS SCHOOL BOOKS SCHOOL EDUCATION SCHOOL LIFE SEA LEVEL SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOLS SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS SOCIAL ISSUES SOCIAL NETWORKS SPONSORS STUDENT LEARNING TEACHER TEACHER ABSENTEEISM TEACHER TRAINING TEACHERS TELEVISION TELEVISIONS TEXTBOOKS TRANSACTION TRANSISTORS TRANSMISSIONS TV URBAN AREA URBAN CENTER URBAN CENTERS USES VILLAGE COMMUNITY VILLAGE LEVEL VILLAGE RADIO WEB WORKERS YOUNG CHILD YOUNG CHILDREN |
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ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT ADULTS ADVERTISING AGED BASIC EDUCATION BASIC SERVICES BROADCAST CATHOLIC SCHOOLS CERTIFICATES CITIZEN CITIZENS CLASSROOM COMMUNES COMMUNICATION STRATEGY COMMUNITY RADIO COMMUNITY RADIO BROADCASTERS COMMUNITY RADIO PROGRAMMING COMMUNITY RADIO STATIONS DEMAND FOR SERVICES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISTRICTS DWELLING EARLY MARRIAGES EDUCATION FOR ALL EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS EDUCATION INVESTMENTS EDUCATION OF CHILDREN EDUCATION SERVICES EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING ELDERLY ELEMENTARY EDUCATION ETHNIC GROUP ETHNIC GROUPS FAMILIES FINANCIAL SUPPORT GENDER GENOCIDE GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNMENT POLICIES GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS GPS HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH WORKERS HIGHER EDUCATION HOMES HOUSEHOLD ACCESS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD NUMBER HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSING HOUSING CONSTRUCTION HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION IMPROVEMENTS IN HEALTH INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS INFORMATION PROVISION INSTITUTION INTERVENTIONS LAWS LEGISLATORS LITERACY LOCAL COMMUNITY LOCAL DEVELOPMENT LOCAL POPULATION LOCAL RADIO LOCAL RADIO STATIONS MALARIA MARITAL STATUS MASS MEDIA MOBILE PHONE MOBILE PHONES MOSQUITO NETS NUMBER OF ADULTS NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS OPEN ACCESS OPINION LEADERS PENSIONS POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL PARTICIPATION POLITICAL POWER POLITICAL SUPPORT POLITICAL SYSTEMS PREGNANT WOMEN PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIVATE PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIVATE SCHOOLS PROGRESS PROMISES OF JOBS PROMOTING HEALTH PROVISION OF INFORMATION PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY PUBLIC AFFAIRS PUBLIC EDUCATION PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SERVICES QUALITY OF SERVICES RADIO RADIO BROADCASTS RADIO PROGRAM RADIO PROGRAMS RADIO SIGNALS RADIO STATION RADIOS RELIGIOUS GROUPS REMOTE VILLAGES RESULT RESULTS RURAL AREAS SCHOOL BOOKS SCHOOL EDUCATION SCHOOL LIFE SEA LEVEL SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOLS SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS SOCIAL ISSUES SOCIAL NETWORKS SPONSORS STUDENT LEARNING TEACHER TEACHER ABSENTEEISM TEACHER TRAINING TEACHERS TELEVISION TELEVISIONS TEXTBOOKS TRANSACTION TRANSISTORS TRANSMISSIONS TV URBAN AREA URBAN CENTER URBAN CENTERS USES VILLAGE COMMUNITY VILLAGE LEVEL VILLAGE RADIO WEB WORKERS YOUNG CHILD YOUNG CHILDREN Keefer, Philip Khemani, Stuti Radio's Impact on Preferences for Patronage Benefits |
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Citizens in developing countries support
politicians who provide patronage or clientelist benefits,
such as government jobs and gifts at the time of elections.
Can access to mass media that broadcasts public interest
messages shift citizens' preferences for such benefits?
This paper examines the impact of community radio on
responses to novel survey vignettes that make an explicit
trade-off between political promises of jobs for a few
versus public services for all. The impact of community
radio is identified through a natural experiment in the
media market in northern Benin, which yields exogenous
variation in access across villages. Respondents in villages
with greater radio access are less likely to express support
for patronage jobs that come at the expense of public health
or education. Gift-giving is not necessarily traded off
against public services; correspondingly, radio access does
not reduce preferences for candidates who give gifts. The
pattern of results is consistent with a particular mechanism
for radio's impact: increasing citizens' demand
for broadly delivered health and education and thereby
shaping their preferences for clientelist candidates. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Keefer, Philip Khemani, Stuti |
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Keefer, Philip Khemani, Stuti |
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Keefer, Philip |
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Radio's Impact on Preferences for Patronage Benefits |
| title_short |
Radio's Impact on Preferences for Patronage Benefits |
| title_full |
Radio's Impact on Preferences for Patronage Benefits |
| title_fullStr |
Radio's Impact on Preferences for Patronage Benefits |
| title_full_unstemmed |
Radio's Impact on Preferences for Patronage Benefits |
| title_sort |
radio's impact on preferences for patronage benefits |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/19700654/radios-impact-preferences-patronage-benefits http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18814 |
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okr-10986-188142021-04-23T14:03:49Z Radio's Impact on Preferences for Patronage Benefits Keefer, Philip Khemani, Stuti ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT ADULTS ADVERTISING AGED BASIC EDUCATION BASIC SERVICES BROADCAST CATHOLIC SCHOOLS CERTIFICATES CITIZEN CITIZENS CLASSROOM COMMUNES COMMUNICATION STRATEGY COMMUNITY RADIO COMMUNITY RADIO BROADCASTERS COMMUNITY RADIO PROGRAMMING COMMUNITY RADIO STATIONS DEMAND FOR SERVICES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISTRICTS DWELLING E-MAIL EARLY MARRIAGES EDUCATION FOR ALL EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS EDUCATION INVESTMENTS EDUCATION OF CHILDREN EDUCATION SERVICES EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING ELDERLY ELEMENTARY EDUCATION ETHNIC GROUP ETHNIC GROUPS FAMILIES FINANCIAL SUPPORT GENDER GENOCIDE GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNMENT POLICIES GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS GPS HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH WORKERS HIGHER EDUCATION HOMES HOUSEHOLD ACCESS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD NUMBER HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSING HOUSING CONSTRUCTION HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION IMPROVEMENTS IN HEALTH INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS INFORMATION PROVISION INSTITUTION INTERVENTIONS LAWS LEGISLATORS LITERACY LOCAL COMMUNITY LOCAL DEVELOPMENT LOCAL POPULATION LOCAL RADIO LOCAL RADIO STATIONS MALARIA MARITAL STATUS MASS MEDIA MOBILE PHONE MOBILE PHONES MOSQUITO NETS NUMBER OF ADULTS NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS OPEN ACCESS OPINION LEADERS PENSIONS POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL PARTICIPATION POLITICAL POWER POLITICAL SUPPORT POLITICAL SYSTEMS PREGNANT WOMEN PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIVATE PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIVATE SCHOOLS PROGRESS PROMISES OF JOBS PROMOTING HEALTH PROVISION OF INFORMATION PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY PUBLIC AFFAIRS PUBLIC EDUCATION PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SERVICES QUALITY OF SERVICES RADIO RADIO BROADCASTS RADIO PROGRAM RADIO PROGRAMS RADIO SIGNALS RADIO STATION RADIOS RELIGIOUS GROUPS REMOTE VILLAGES RESULT RESULTS RURAL AREAS SCHOOL BOOKS SCHOOL EDUCATION SCHOOL LIFE SEA LEVEL SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOLS SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS SOCIAL ISSUES SOCIAL NETWORKS SPONSORS STUDENT LEARNING TEACHER TEACHER ABSENTEEISM TEACHER TRAINING TEACHERS TELEVISION TELEVISIONS TEXTBOOKS TRANSACTION TRANSISTORS TRANSMISSIONS TV URBAN AREA URBAN CENTER URBAN CENTERS USES VILLAGE COMMUNITY VILLAGE LEVEL VILLAGE RADIO WEB WORKERS YOUNG CHILD YOUNG CHILDREN Citizens in developing countries support politicians who provide patronage or clientelist benefits, such as government jobs and gifts at the time of elections. Can access to mass media that broadcasts public interest messages shift citizens' preferences for such benefits? This paper examines the impact of community radio on responses to novel survey vignettes that make an explicit trade-off between political promises of jobs for a few versus public services for all. The impact of community radio is identified through a natural experiment in the media market in northern Benin, which yields exogenous variation in access across villages. Respondents in villages with greater radio access are less likely to express support for patronage jobs that come at the expense of public health or education. Gift-giving is not necessarily traded off against public services; correspondingly, radio access does not reduce preferences for candidates who give gifts. The pattern of results is consistent with a particular mechanism for radio's impact: increasing citizens' demand for broadly delivered health and education and thereby shaping their preferences for clientelist candidates. 2014-06-26T22:46:24Z 2014-06-26T22:46:24Z 2014-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/19700654/radios-impact-preferences-patronage-benefits http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18814 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6932 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Benin |