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Women in Political Bodies as Policymakers
Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Hessami, Zohal - 2023
We investigate how female representation impacts policymaking using the example of child care and new hand-collected data on local council elections in Bavaria. RDD estimations (mixed-gender races for last party-specific council seats) show that an additional female councilor accelerates the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014260150
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The Politicians' Wage Gap : Insights from German Members of Parliament
Peichl, Andreas - 2011
Using a unique dataset of German members of parliament with information on total earnings including outside income …, this paper analyzes the politicians' wage gap (PWG). After controlling for observable characteristics as well as accounting …-60% compared to citizens with an executive position. Hence, we show that the widely held claim that politicians would earn more in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013129100
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Politicians' Outside Earnings and Political Competition
Becker, Johannes - 2008
This paper deals with the impact of electoral competition on politicians' outside earnings. In our framework …, politicians face a tradeoff between allocating their time to political effort or to an alternative use generating outside earnings … competition. We test this hypothesis using a new dataset on outside earnings of members of the German federal assembly. Taking …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012768170
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The Effects of 9/11 on Attitudes Toward Immigration and the Moderating Role of Education
Schüller, Simone - 2012
-foreigner sentiments, not only among US residents but also beyond US borders. Using longitudinal data from the German Socio-Economic Panel … resulting in a considerable decrease in concerns over xenophobic hostility among the German population. Furthermore, in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013096449
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Unemployment Dynamics Among Migrants and Natives
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2006
duration of unemployment and subsequent employment using German panel data and bivariate discrete time hazard rate models …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012779355
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The Efficacy and Efforts of Interest Groups in Post Elections Policy Formation
Epstein, Gil S. - 2012
This paper presents a new model of interest groups and policy formation in the legislature. In our setting, the already given party ideological predispositions and power distribution determine the expected policy outcome. Our analysis applies to the case of un-enforced or enforced party...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013096476
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Trade and Worker Deskilling
Dhingra, Swati - 2019
This paper presents new evidence on international trade and worker outcomes. It examines a big world event that produced an unprecedentedly large shock to the UK exchange rate. In the 24 hours in June 2016 during which the UK electorate unexpectedly voted to leave the European Union, the value...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012868799
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Gender Differences in Cooperative Environments? Evidence from the U.S. Congress
Gagliarducci, Stefano - 2016
This paper uses data on bill sponsorship and cosponsorship in the U.S. House of Representatives to estimate gender differences in cooperative behavior. We employ a number of econometric methodologies to address the potential selection of female representatives into electoral districts with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012984869
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Sorting Around the Discontinuity Threshold : The Case of a Neighbourhood Investment Programme
Gerritsen, Sander - 2016
This paper investigates the empirical validity of the setup of a large-scale government neighbourhood investment programme in the Netherlands. Selection of neighbourhoods into the programme was determined by their score on a predetermined index. At first sight this is a textbook example for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012995597
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Estimating Marginal Returns to Education
Carneiro, Pedro Manuel - 2010
This paper estimates the marginal returns to college for individuals induced to enroll in college by different marginal policy changes. The recent instrumental variables literature seeks to estimate this parameter, but in general it does so only under strong assumptions that are tested and found...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013136705