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Local electoral rewards from centralized social programs : are mayors getting the credit?

Rodríguez-Chamussy, Lourdes - 2015

This paper uses variation in the timing of the Mexican antipoverty program's introduction across municipalities to identify its impact on the share of votes for the local incumbent party. Evidence is found that voters reward the mayor's party for the central benefit to their constituencies,...

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The evolution of public spending on higher education in a democracy

Haupt, Alexander - 2005

This paper analyses political forces that cause an initial expansion of public spending on higher education and an ensuing decline in subsidies. Growing public expenditures increase the future size of the higher income class and thus boost future demand for education. This demand shift implies...

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Migrants' missing votes

Giesing, Yvonne; Schikora, Felicitas - 2020

therefore have a systematic influence on election results. Using administrative migration and voting data, we show that counties … find no effects on incumbent parties. In addition, our results show increased voting for parties with pro …-wing parties. The results have important policy implications for voting regulations. …

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Schooling and Political Participation Revisited

Chor, Davin; Campante, Filipe R. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008

We investigate how the link between individual schooling and political participation is affected by country characteristics. We introduce a focus on a set of variables - namely factor endowments - which inuence the relative productivity of human capital in political versus production activities....

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Schooling, Political Participation, and the Economy

Campante, Filipe R.; Chor, Davin - In: The Review of Economics and Statistics 94 (2012) 4, pp. 841-859

We investigate how the link between individual schooling and political participation is affected by country characteristics. Using individual survey data, we find that political participation is more responsive to schooling in land-abundant countries and less responsive in human...

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Low-Skilled Immigration and the Expansion of Private Schools

Dottori, Davide; Shen, I-Ling - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

This paper provides a political-economic model to study the impact of low-skilled immigration on the host country's education system, which is characterized by sources of school funding, the average expenditure per pupil, and the type of parents who are more likely to send their children to...

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Low skilled immigration and the expansion of private schools

Dottori, Davide; Shen, I-Ling - Banca d'Italia - 2009

-skilled migrant workers differ from their local counterparts only in voting rights and adjustment costs. The impact of immigration on …

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Low-Skilled Immigration and th Expansion of Private Schools

Davide, DOTTORI; I-Ling, SHEN - Institut de Recherche Économique et Sociale (IRES), … - 2008

This paper studies the impact of low-skilled immigration on the host country’s education system, which is characterized by sources of school funding, expenditres per pupil, and types of parents who are more likely to send children to publicly (privately) funded schools. When the size of...

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Low-skilled Immigration and Education Policy with Endogenous Fertility

Davide, DOTTORI; I. Ling, SHEN - Institut de Recherche Économique et Sociale (IRES), … - 2008

the natives via voting and refers to both school funding sources and resources in the public funded schools. When the size …

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Schooling and Political Participation Revisited

Chor, Davin; Campante, Filipe R. - School of Economics, Singapore Management University - 2008

We investigate how the link between individual schooling and political participation is affected by country characteristics. We introduce a focus on a set of variables-namely factor endowments-which in uence the relative productivity of human capital in political versus production activities....

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005004014