Redistributive public employment:

Politicians may use disguised' redistributive policies in order to circumvent opposition to explicit tax-transfer schemes. First, we present a theoretical model that formalizes this hypothesis; then we provide evidence that in US cities, politicians use public employment as such a redistributiv...

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Hauptverfasser: Alesina, Alberto 1957-2020 (VerfasserIn), Baqir, Reza (VerfasserIn), Easterly, William 1957- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, Mass. 1998
Schriftenreihe:National Bureau of Economic Research <Cambridge, Mass.>: NBER working paper series 6746
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Zusammenfassung:Politicians may use disguised' redistributive policies in order to circumvent opposition to explicit tax-transfer schemes. First, we present a theoretical model that formalizes this hypothesis; then we provide evidence that in US cities, politicians use public employment as such a redistributive device. We find that city employment is significantly higher in cities where income inequality and ethnic fragmentation are higher.
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