Electoral cycles in active labor market policies

Mechtel, Mario und Potrafke, Niklas (2013): Electoral cycles in active labor market policies. In: Public Choice, Bd. 156, Nr. 1-2: S. 181-194

Abstract

We examine how electoral motives influence active labor market policies that promote (short term) job-creation. Such policies reduce measures of unemployment. Using German state data for the period 1985 to 2004, we show that election-motivated politicians pushed job-promotion schemes before elections.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Fakultät: Volkswirtschaft ; Volkswirtschaft > Lehrstühle > CESifo-Professur für Volkswirtschaftslehre
• Themengebiete: 300 Sozialwissenschaften > 330 Wirtschaft
• Sprache: Englisch