Electoral cycles in active labor market policies

Mario Mechtel; Niklas Potrafke

doi:10.1007/s11127-011-9890-z

Electoral cycles in active labor market policies

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Authors

Mario Mechtel
Niklas Potrafke

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.

Original language	English
Journal	Public Choice
Volume	156
Issue number	1-2
Pages (from-to)	181-194
Number of pages	14
ISSN	0048-5829
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-011-9890-z
Publication status	Published - 07.2013
Externally published	Yes

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https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-011-9890-z
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Electoral cycles in active labor market policies

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