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Electoral Spillovers in an Intertwined World : Brexit Effects on the 2016 Spanish Vote
Delis, Agelos - 2018
The Brexit vote took place three days before the June 26, 2016, Spain's parliamentary elections, in which anti-systemic parties performed worse compared to the previous elections (December 2015) despite the optimistic predictions of the pre-election polls and the surge in the support for...
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Manager or Professional Politician? Local Fiscal Autonomy and the Skills of Elected Officials
Bordignon, Massimo - 2020
officials in sub-national governments. We first develop a model of politics with different types of politicians and show that … -- following a tax decentralization reform increasing local fiscal autonomy -- politicians with high administrative skills are … elected in rich jurisdictions while politicians with high political skills are elected in poor ones. As a result, voter …
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Die Anreizwirkungen der Reform von Arbeitslosen- und Sozialhilfe im Spiegel internationaler Erfahrungen
Thode, Eric - In: Sozialer Fortschritt : unabhängige Zeitschrift für … 52 (2003) 11/12, pp. 284-291
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Workfare and social exclusion : evidence from the recent welfare reform in the USA
Schelkle, Waltraud - In: Social exclusion in European welfare states, (pp. 285-307). 2002
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Targeting social benefits : international perspectives & trends
Gilbert, Neil (ed.) - 2001
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The effect of changing financial incentives on repartnering
Fisher, Hayley; Zhu, Anna - 2016
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The local and regional impact of the UK's welfare reforms
Beatty, Christina; Fothergill, Steve - In: Cambridge journal of regions economy and society 7 (2014) 1, pp. 63-79
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Public charge in the time of coronavirus
Tepepa, Martha - 2020
The United States government recently passed legislation and stabilization packages to respond to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak by providing paid sick leave, tax credits, and free virus testing; expanding food assistance and unemployment benefits; and increasing Medicaid...
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Do Pivotal Politicians Benefit Constituent Companies?
Raina, Sahil; Xu, Sheng-Jun - 2022
We study how elected politicians who hold strong bargaining power due to their pivotal position in the legislative …
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Income support policies for the working poor
Marchal, Sarah; Marx, Ive; Verbist, Gerlinde - 2017
This paper asks what governments in the EU Member States and some US states are doing to support workers on low wages. Using model family simulations, we assess the policy measures currently in place to guarantee an adequate disposable income to working families, taking into account minimum...
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