کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
969907 1479487 2008 17 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Is there a “race-to-the-bottom” in the setting of welfare benefit levels? Evidence from a policy intervention
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی اقتصاد، اقتصادسنجی و امور مالی اقتصاد و اقتصادسنجی
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Is there a “race-to-the-bottom” in the setting of welfare benefit levels? Evidence from a policy intervention
چکیده انگلیسی

In this paper we investigate whether local governments react on the welfare benefit levels in neighboring jurisdictions when setting their own benefit levels. We solve the simultaneity problem arising from the welfare game by utilizing a policy intervention; more specifically, we use a centrally geared exogenous placement of a highly welfare prone group (refugees) among Swedish municipalities as an instrument. The IV estimates indicate that there exists a “race-to-the-bottom” and that the effect is economically as well as statistically significant; if the neighboring municipalities decrease their welfare benefit level by 100 SEK, a municipality decreases its benefit level with approximately 41 SEK. This result is robust to several alternative model specifications.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Public Economics - Volume 92, Issues 5–6, June 2008, Pages 1193–1209
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