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Incentives to local public service provision: An evaluation of Italy's Obiettivi di Servizio

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  • Guglielmo Barone
  • Guido de Blasio
  • Alessio D'Ignazio
  • Andrea Salvati
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Set up by the Italian central government and implemented in the lagging regions, Obiettivi di Servizio is an innovative scheme designed to encourage local authorities to reach given targets for the provision of public services such as education, childcare and elderly care, waste management, and water supply. The paper finds that the programme was only partially successful, with considerable differences across regions and targets. An important driver of effectiveness was local institutional quality. We also find signs of displacement effects: local authorities involved in the programme might have concentrated on the targets to the detriment of other local public services. Creado por el gobierno central italiano e implementado en las regiones menos desarrolladas, Obiettivi di Servizio es un programa innovador diseñado para animar a las autoridades locales a alcanzar determinados objetivos en la prestación de servicios públicos como la educación, el cuidado de niños y ancianos, la gestión de residuos y el suministro de agua. El artículo concluye que el programa sólo logró un éxito parcial, y mostró diferencias considerables entre regiones y objetivos. Un factor importante de la eficacia fue la calidad de las instituciones locales. También se encontraron indicios de efectos de desplazamiento: las autoridades locales involucradas en el programa podrían haberse concentrado en sus objetivos en detrimento de otros servicios públicos locales. Obiettivi di Servizioは、イタリア中央政府によって設立された、発展が遅れている地域で実施されている、イノベーションスキームで、教育、育児・介護、廃棄物処理、水道設備などの公共サービスの提供について、地方自治体が一定の目標を達成することを促進するものである。このプログラムは部分的にしか成功しておらず、地域や目標によってかなりの差があると考えられる。効果を推進する要因として、地域の制度の質が重要であることがわかった。また、プログラムに参加した地方当局は、結果的に他の地方公共サービスに損害を与える目標に集中していた可能性があり、置換効果の兆候も認められた。

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  • Guglielmo Barone & Guido de Blasio & Alessio D'Ignazio & Andrea Salvati, 2019. "Incentives to local public service provision: An evaluation of Italy's Obiettivi di Servizio," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 98(2), pages 1195-1213, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:presci:v:98:y:2019:i:2:p:1195-1213
    DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12395
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