Replication data for: Civil Service Rules and Policy Choices: Evidence from US State Governments
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Project Citation:
Ujhelyi, Gergely. Replication data for: Civil Service Rules and Policy Choices: Evidence from US State Governments. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2014. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-13. https://doi.org/10.3886/E114862V1
Project Description
Summary:
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This paper studies the policy impact of civil service regulations,
exploiting reforms undertaken by US state governments throughout
the twentieth century. These reforms replaced political patronage with
a civil service recruited based on merit and protected from politics.
I find that state politicians respond to these changes by spending
relatively less through the reformed state-level bureaucracies.
Instead, they allocate more funds to lower level governments. The
reallocation of expenditures leads to reduced long-term investment
by state governments.
Scope of Project
JEL Classification:
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D73 Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption
H72 State and Local Budget and Expenditures
H77 Intergovernmental Relations; Federalism; Secession
H79 State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations: Other
D73 Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption
H72 State and Local Budget and Expenditures
H77 Intergovernmental Relations; Federalism; Secession
H79 State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations: Other
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