Arbeitspapier
Electoral Cycles in Active Labor Market Policies
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.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: University of Tübingen Working Papers in Economics and Finance ; No. 2
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Capitalist Systems: Political Economy
Labor Economics Policies
State and Local Budget and Expenditures
Fiscal Policy
National Budget; Budget Systems
- Thema
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political business cycles
opportunistic politicians
active labor market policies
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Mechtel, Mario
Potrafke, Niklas
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Veröffentlichung
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University of Tübingen, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences
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Tübingen
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2011
- Handle
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:bsz:21-opus-55939
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Mechtel, Mario
- Potrafke, Niklas
- University of Tübingen, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences
Entstanden
- 2011