Enfranchising Your Own? Experimental Evidence on Bureaucrat Diversity and Election Bias in India
| Autor: | Yusuf Neggers |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
Economics and Econometrics
Government Natural experiment media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Caste Public administration Discretion 0506 political science Officer Voting 0502 economics and business 050602 political science & public administration Economics 050207 economics Polling media_common Diversity (business) |
| Zdroj: | American Economic Review. 108:1288-1321 |
| ISSN: | 0002-8282 |
| DOI: | 10.1257/aer.20170404 |
| Popis: | This paper investigates the effects of polling station administrator diversity on elections in India, using a natural experiment: the random assignment of government officials to teams managing stations on election day, together with surveys conducted with voters and election officers. I demonstrate that changes in the religious and caste composition of officer teams impact voting at the polling station level, causing shifts in coalition vote shares large enough to influence election outcomes. Effects are strongest when officers have greater discretion over the voting process. I also provide evidence suggesting own-group favoritism by election personnel as one relevant mechanism. (JEL C93, D72, D73, J15, O17, Z12) |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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