Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/308501 
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Year of Publication: 
2023
Citation: 
[Journal:] Journal of Economic Growth [ISSN:] 1573-7020 [Volume:] 29 [Issue:] 3 [Publisher:] Springer US [Place:] New York, NY [Year:] 2023 [Pages:] 433-468
Publisher: 
Springer US, New York, NY
Abstract: 
We collect information about more than 5000 Prussian politicians, digitize administrative data on the provision of health-promoting public goods, and gather local-level information on workers' movements to study why elites in industrializing countries implement policies that improve the health of the poor. Using county-level variation in elite structure, we present OLS and IV estimates, suggesting that elites improve access to health services due to pressure exerted by workers' movements. By contrast, policies that prevent disease outbreaks are implemented without such pressure. Analyses of roll- call votes substantiate the findings of the county-level analysis.
Subjects: 
Distribution of power
Elite structure
Industrializing countries
Political economy of health-promoting policies
Prussian history
Redistribution
Workers’ movements
JEL: 
H11
H42
H75
I15
N33
O43
P16
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Published Version

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