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Redistributive Public Employment
Abstract
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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- Authors
- Alesina, A., Baqir, R., & Easterly, W.
- Venue
- Journal of Urban Economics
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2000-09
- Volume
- 48
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 219-241
- ISSN
- 0094-1190 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3124638977
- Cited by
- 289
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 25.09
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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