Electoral cycles in active labor market policies

Mario Mechtel; Niklas Potrafke

We examine how electoral motives influence active labor market policies that promote job-creation. Such policies reduce unemployment statistics. Using German state data for the period 1985 to 2004, we show that election-motivated politicians pushed job-promotion schemes before elections. -- political business cycles ; opportunistic politicians ; active labor market policies

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Year of publication:	2011
Authors:	Mechtel, Mario ; Potrafke, Niklas
Publisher:	Tübingen : Universitätsbibliothek Tübingen
Subject:	Arbeitsmarktpolitik \| Labour market policy \| Zweiter Arbeitsmarkt \| Intermediate labour market \| Politischer Konjunkturzyklus \| Political business cycle \| Opportunismus \| Opportunism \| Teilstaat \| State of a federation \| Deutschland \| Germany \| 1985-2004

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Extent:	Online-Ressource
Series:	University of Tübingen working papers in economics and finance. - Tübingen : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], ZDB-ID 2607331-6. - Vol. 2
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Notes:	Systemvoraussetzungen: Acrobat Reader
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/45468 [Handle]
Classification:	P16 - Political Economy ; J08 - Labor Economics Policies ; H72 - State and Local Budget and Expenditures ; E62 - Fiscal Policy; Public Expenditures, Investment, and Finance; Taxation ; H61 - Budget; Budget Systems
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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