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: 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:
      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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