Political representation and effects of municipal mergers
| Autor: | Janne Tukiainen, Tuukka Saarimaa, Oskari Harjunen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Difference-in-differences
Sociology and Political Science media_common.quotation_subject political representation Representation (politics) municipal mergers Politics regional inequality Voting 0502 economics and business Development economics 050602 political science & public administration Quality (business) 050207 economics media_common ta511 business.industry 05 social sciences Public sector JA Political science (General) Difference in differences 0506 political science Political Science and International Relations JS Local government Municipal government Residence business Administration (government) |
| Zdroj: | Political Science Research and Methods. 9:72-88 |
| ISSN: | 2049-8489 2049-8470 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/psrm.2019.17 |
| Popis: | We study the effects of municipal mergers using novel geocoded data on local public sector jobs and local politicians' place of residence. We find that the mergers had no effects on municipal expenditures overall after eight years. However, the mergers led to highly unequal geographic political representation in the post-merger councils among the merged municipalities. Small and politically marginalized municipalities experienced a substantial reduction in local public jobs in administration and health and social care services relative to the municipalities with stronger representation. Development of house prices suggests that the quality of the service-tax bundle deteriorated in these politically marginalized municipalities. |
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