Mechtel, Mario and Potrafke, Niklas
(2011):
Electoral Cycles in Active Labor Market Policies.
University of Tübingen working papers in economics and finance,
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External fulltext: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/45468
Abstract
We examine how electoral motives influence active labor market policies that promote job-creation. Such policies reduce unemployment statistics. Using German state data for the period 1985 to 2004, we show that election-motivated politicians pushed job-promotion schemes before elections.
| Item Type: | Paper |
|---|---|
| Faculties: | Economics Economics > Chairs > CESifo-Professorship for Public Finance |
| Subjects: | 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics |
| Language: | English |
| Item ID: | 19250 |
| Date Deposited: | 15. Apr 2014, 08:49 |
| Last Modified: | 29. Apr 2016, 09:16 |
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