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Family and Politics: Does Parental Unemployment Cause Right-Wing Extremism?
Siedler, Thomas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
the extent to which the experience of parental unemployment during childhood affects young people’s far right … unemployed parents and right-wing extremism, with xenophobia in particular. This paper uses differences in unemployment levels … variables estimates suggest strong and significant effects of parental unemployment on right-wing extremism. This is consistent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703736
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Financial Liberalization and Democracy: The Role of Reform Reversals
Campos, Nauro F.; Coricelli, Fabrizio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
The relationship between economic and political liberalization has received a great deal of attention lately, yet the possibility of a nonlinear relationship and the role of reversals remain largely neglected. Focusing on democratization and financial reform, this paper offers evidence for a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005078573
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Unemployment and Right-Wing Extremist Crime
Falk, Armin; Zweimüller, Josef - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
Right-wing extremism is a serious problem in many societies. A prominent hypothesis states that unemployment plays a … fact a significant positive relation between unemployment and rightwing criminal activities. We show further that the big … difference in right-wing crime between East and West German states can mostly be attributed to differences in unemployment. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761991
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Evaluating the Dynamic Employment Effects of Training Programs in East Germany Using Conditional Difference-in-Differences
Speckesser, Stefan; Fitzenberger, Bernd; Bergemann, Annette - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2004
This paper evaluates the effects of Public Sponsored Training in East Germany in the context of reiterated treatments. Selection bias based on observed characteristics is corrected for by applying kernel matching based on the propensity score. We control for further selection and the presence of...
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A Theory of Political Entrenchment
Saint-Paul, Gilles; Ticchi, Davide; Vindigni, Andrea - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
We develop a theory of endogenous political entrenchment in a simple two-party dynamic model of income redistribution with probabilistic voting. A partially self-interested left-wing party may implement (entrenchment) policies reducing the income of its own constituency, the lower class, in...
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Lobbying, Corruption and Other Banes
Campos, Nauro F.; Giovannoni, Francesco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
Although the theoretical literature often uses lobbying and corruption synonymously, the empirical literature associates lobbying with the preferred mean for exerting influence in developed countries and corruption with the preferred one in developing countries. This paper challenges these...
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Constitutions and Economic Development: Evidence from the American Indian Nations
Akee, Randall K. Q.; Jorgensen, Miriam; Sunde, Uwe - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This paper presents an empirical examination of economic and institutional development. Utilizing a novel data set on American Indian tribal nations, we investigate how constitutional design affects economic development, while holding the broader legal and political environment fixed....
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Crime, Unemployment, and Xenophobia? An Ecological Analysis of Right-Wing Election Results in Hamburg, 1986−2005
Rotte, Ralph; Steininger, Martin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
unemployment/crime - right-winger nexus. Moreover, crime does not seem to have a strong significant effect on right-wing populist …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703192
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Electoral Rules and Politicians’ Behavior: A Micro Test
Gagliarducci, Stefano; Nannicini, Tommaso; Naticchioni, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
Theory predicts that the majoritarian electoral system should produce more targeted redistribution and lower politicians’ rents than proportional representation. We test these predictions using micro data for the mixed-member Italian House of Representatives, which allow us to sidestep the...
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Outside Income and Moral Hazard: The Elusive Quest for Good Politicians
Gagliarducci, Stefano; Nannicini, Tommaso; Naticchioni, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
In most modern democracies elected officials can work in the private sector while appointed in parliament. We show that when the political and market sectors are not mutually exclusive, a trade-off arises between the quality of elected officials and the effort they exert in political life. If...
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