Keefer, PhilipKhemani, Stuti2014-06-262014-06-262014-06https://hdl.handle.net/10986/18814Citizens 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.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACADEMIC PERFORMANCEACCESS TO EDUCATIONACCESS TO EMPLOYMENTADULTSADVERTISINGAGEDBASIC EDUCATIONBASIC SERVICESBROADCASTCATHOLIC SCHOOLSCERTIFICATESCITIZENCITIZENSCLASSROOMCOMMUNESCOMMUNICATION STRATEGYCOMMUNITY RADIOCOMMUNITY RADIO BROADCASTERSCOMMUNITY RADIO PROGRAMMINGCOMMUNITY RADIO STATIONSDEMAND FOR SERVICESDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT POLICYDISTRICTSDWELLINGE-MAILEARLY MARRIAGESEDUCATION FOR ALLEDUCATION INSTITUTIONSEDUCATION INVESTMENTSEDUCATION OF CHILDRENEDUCATION SERVICESEDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMINGELDERLYELEMENTARY EDUCATIONETHNIC GROUPETHNIC GROUPSFAMILIESFINANCIAL SUPPORTGENDERGENOCIDEGOOD GOVERNANCEGOVERNMENT POLICIESGOVERNMENT PROGRAMSGPSHEALTH FACILITIESHEALTH SERVICESHEALTH WORKERSHIGHER EDUCATIONHOMESHOUSEHOLD ACCESSHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD NUMBERHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHOUSINGHOUSING CONSTRUCTIONHUMAN DEVELOPMENTIMPORTANCE OF EDUCATIONIMPROVEMENTS IN HEALTHINDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDSINFORMATION PROVISIONINSTITUTIONINTERVENTIONSLAWSLEGISLATORSLITERACYLOCAL COMMUNITYLOCAL DEVELOPMENTLOCAL POPULATIONLOCAL RADIOLOCAL RADIO STATIONSMALARIAMARITAL STATUSMASS MEDIAMOBILE PHONEMOBILE PHONESMOSQUITO NETSNUMBER OF ADULTSNUMBER OF CHILDRENNUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDSOPEN ACCESSOPINION LEADERSPENSIONSPOLICY DISCUSSIONSPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPOLITICAL PARTICIPATIONPOLITICAL POWERPOLITICAL SUPPORTPOLITICAL SYSTEMSPREGNANT WOMENPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY SCHOOLPRIMARY SCHOOLSPRIVATE PRIMARY SCHOOLSPRIVATE SCHOOLSPROGRESSPROMISES OF JOBSPROMOTING HEALTHPROVISION OF INFORMATIONPUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITYPUBLIC AFFAIRSPUBLIC EDUCATIONPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC HEALTH SERVICESPUBLIC POLICYPUBLIC SERVICEPUBLIC SERVICESQUALITY OF SERVICESRADIORADIO BROADCASTSRADIO PROGRAMRADIO PROGRAMSRADIO SIGNALSRADIO STATIONRADIOSRELIGIOUS GROUPSREMOTE VILLAGESRESULTRESULTSRURAL AREASSCHOOL BOOKSSCHOOL EDUCATIONSCHOOL LIFESEA LEVELSECONDARY EDUCATIONSECONDARY SCHOOLSECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATIONSECONDARY SCHOOLSSERVICE DELIVERYSERVICE PROVIDERSSOCIAL INSTITUTIONSSOCIAL ISSUESSOCIAL NETWORKSSPONSORSSTUDENT LEARNINGTEACHERTEACHER ABSENTEEISMTEACHER TRAININGTEACHERSTELEVISIONTELEVISIONSTEXTBOOKSTRANSACTIONTRANSISTORSTRANSMISSIONSTVURBAN AREAURBAN CENTERURBAN CENTERSUSESVILLAGE COMMUNITYVILLAGE LEVELVILLAGE RADIOWEBWORKERSYOUNG CHILDYOUNG CHILDREN10.1596/1813-9450-6932