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Divided we reform? Evidence from US welfare policies

  • Divided government is often thought of as causing legislative deadlock. I investigate the link between divided government and economic reforms using a novel data set on welfare reforms in US states between 1978 and 2010. Panel data regressions show that, under divided government, a US state is around 25% more likely to adopt a welfare reform than under unified government. Several robustness checks confirm this counter-intuitive finding. Case study evidence suggests an explanation based on policy competition between governor, senate, and house.

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Author:Andreas Bernecker
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2016.08.003
ISSN:0047-2727
Parent Title (English):Journal of Public Economics
Publisher:Elsevier
Place of publication:Amsterdam
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Year of Completion:2016
Date of the Publication (Server):2019/02/07
Volume:142
First Page:24
Last Page:38
Link:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2016.08.003
Zugriffsart:bezahl
Institutes:FH Aachen / Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften
collections:Verlag / Elsevier