Politicians are expected to influence policy outcomes in a way to gain electoral advantage. There is, however, a pending question whether efficiency in the provision of public goods and services is affected by strategic behavior. I examine how electoral cycles influence local government...

This paper demonstrates that popular linear fixed-effects panel-data estimators are biased andinconsistent when applied in a discrete-time hazard setting - that is, one in which the outcomevariable is a binary dummy indicating an absorbing state, even if the data-generating process isfully...

Human capital investments at an early age appear crucial for individual outcomes. Family size might affect these investments influencing parental time and economic resources invested in children's education. This aspect is related to the children quantity-quality trade-off proposed by Becker...