Public Employees as Swing Voters: Empirical Evidence on Opposition to Public Reform Export

@article{citeulike:2121528, abstract = {Reform offers economic gains for society atlarge, but can represent a threat to theinterests of public employees. Publicsector reform faces opposition from votersemployed in public sector. Norwegian dataallow for an analysis this interpretation.Survey data show that public employeesprefer less reform than the rest of thepopulation. The voting behavior of publicemployees is more sensitive to reform thanis that of other voters (the swing voterhypothesis), and hence: shares of publicemployees in a local jurisdiction have anegative impact on the probability ofreform.}, author = {Ratts{\o}, J{\o}rn and S{\o}rensen, Rune J.}, citeulike-article-id = {2121528}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/B:PUCH.0000033325.81479.8b}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1023/B:PUCH.0000033325.81479.8b}, journal = {Public Choice}, keywords = {norway, politicaleconomy, publicsector, welfarestate}, month = {June}, number = {3}, pages = {281--310}, posted-at = {2007-12-14 23:49:33}, priority = {2}, title = {Public Employees as Swing Voters: Empirical Evidence on Opposition to Public Reform}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/B:PUCH.0000033325.81479.8b}, volume = {119}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2121528 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2121528 N2 - Reform offers economic gains for society atlarge, but can represent a threat to theinterests of public employees. Publicsector reform faces opposition from votersemployed in public sector. Norwegian dataallow for an analysis this interpretation.Survey data show that public employeesprefer less reform than the rest of thepopulation. The voting behavior of publicemployees is more sensitive to reform thanis that of other voters (the swing voterhypothesis), and hence: shares of publicemployees in a local jurisdiction have anegative impact on the probability ofreform. IS - 3 JF - Public Choice EP - 310 TI - Public Employees as Swing Voters: Empirical Evidence on Opposition to Public Reform VL - 119 SP - 281 KW - norway KW - politicaleconomy KW - publicsector KW - welfarestate AU - Rattsø, Jørn AU - Sørensen, Rune PY - 2004/06/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/B:PUCH.0000033325.81479.8b ER -