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Voting Power and Survival : The Case of a Ruling Party

Jelnov, Artyom - 2019

vote independently of each other. Thus, we receive as an empirical result what the previous voting power literature assumed …

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The Efficacy and Efforts of Interest Groups in Post Elections Policy Formation

Epstein, Gil S. - 2012

given party ideological predispositions and power distribution determine the expected policy outcome. Our analysis applies … weighted by power. Our second result clarifies how the success of an interest group hinges on the dominance of its ideology in … effect of ideological predispositions and power on the efforts of the interest groups …

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Estimating Trends in US Income Inequality Using the Current Population Survey : The Importance of Controlling for Censoring

Burkhauser, Richard V.; Feng, Shuaizhang; Jenkins, Stephen - 2021

Using internal and public use March Current Population Survey data, we analyze trends in US income inequality (1975-2004). Using a multiple imputation approach where values for censored observations are imputed using draws from a Generalized Beta distribution of the Second Kind, we find that the...

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Does it Matter Who Responded to the Survey? Trends in the U.S. Gender Earnings Gap Revisited

Lee, Jungmin - 2011

their framework to consider measurement error due to the use of proxy/representative respondents. First, we document a … reduction in the gender gap can be smaller than what the estimates without taking into account the measurement error might … suggest. We conclude that a careful validation study would be necessary to ascertain the magnitude of the spurious measurement …

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The Diversity of Household Assets Holdings in the United States in 2007 and 2009 : Measurement and Determinants

Sierminska, Eva - 2019

We apply diversity indices, such as the Gini-Simpson index and entropy related indices, to the study of the distribution of individual asset holdings in the United States in 2007 and 2009. We examine the impact of the 2008 recession on asset diversity and the way individual socio-economic...

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A New Measure of Multiple Jobholding in the U.S. Economy

Bailey, Keith - 2020

We create a measure of multiple jobholding from the U.S. Census Bureau's Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics data. This new series shows that 7.8 percent of persons in the U.S. are multiple jobholders, this percentage is pro-cyclical, and has been trending upward during the past twenty...

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The Impact of Local Decentralization on Economic Growth : Evidence from U.S. Counties

Hammond, George W. - 2009

We analyze the impact of fiscal decentralization on U.S. county population, employment, and real income growth. Our findings suggest that government organization matters for local economic growth, but that the impacts vary by government unit and by economic indicator. We find that single-purpose...

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The Geography of Trade and Technology Shocks in the United States

Autor, David H. - 2015

This paper explores the geographic overlap of trade and technology shocks across local labor markets in the United States. Regional exposure to technological change, as measured by specialization in routine task-intensive production and clerical occupations, is largely uncorrelated with regional...

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On the Effectiveness of Elected Male and Female Leaders and Team Coordination

Reuben, Ernesto - 2017

We study the effect on coordination in a minimum-effort game of a leader's gender depending on whether the leader is democratically elected or is randomly-selected. Leaders use non-binding messages to try to convince followers to coordinate on the Pareto-efficient equilibrium. We find that teams...

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A Theory of Expert Leadership

Goodall, Amanda H. - 2012

that has been addressed in the management literature. In a new 'theory of expert leadership' (TEL), this paper blends …

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