بيانات النشر: Uppsala universitet, Institutet för arbetsmarknads- och utbildningspolitisk utvärdering (IFAU)
Sodertorn Univ, Stockholm, Sweden.
Umea Univ, Umea Sch Business & Econ, Dept Econ, S-90187 Umea, Sweden.
Univ Roma Tor Vergata, Ctr Econ Policy Res, EIEF, Stockholm Sch Econ SITE, Rome, Italy.
نبذة مختصرة : Non-contractible quality dimensions are at risk of degradation when the provision of public services is privatized. However, privatization may increase quality by fostering performance-improving innovation, particularly if combined with increased competition. We assemble a large data set on elderly care services in Sweden between 1990 and 2009 and estimate how opening to private provision affected mortality rates - an important and not easily contractible quality dimension - using a difference-in-difference in-difference approach. The results indicate that privatization and the associated increase in competition significantly improved non-contractible quality as measured by mortality rates.
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