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dc.contributor.authorKotakorpi, Kaisa Ilonaen
dc.contributor.authorPoutvaara, Panuen
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-22-
dc.date.accessioned2010-08-18T11:21:12Z-
dc.date.available2010-08-18T11:21:12Z-
dc.date.issued2010-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/39019-
dc.description.abstractA growing theoretical literature on the effect of politicians' salaries on the average level of skills of political candidates yields ambiguous predictions. In this paper, we estimate the effect of pay for politicians on the level of education of parliamentary candidates. We take advantage of an exceptional reform where the salaries of Finnish MPs were increased by 35 % in the year 2000, intended to make the pay for parliamentarians more competitive. A difference-in-differences analysis, using candidates in municipal elections as a control group, suggests that the higher salary increased the fraction of candidates with higher education among female candidates, while we find no significant effect for male candidates.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aCenter for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo) |cMunichen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aCESifo Working Paper |x3126en
dc.subject.jelD72en
dc.subject.jelJ30en
dc.subject.jelJ45en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordpay for politiciansen
dc.subject.keywordcandidate selectionen
dc.subject.keywordgender differences in politicsen
dc.subject.stwDiätenen
dc.subject.stwPolitikeren
dc.subject.stwBerufswahlen
dc.subject.stwGeschlechten
dc.subject.stwFinnlanden
dc.titlePay for politicians and candidate selection: An empirical analysis-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn631866892en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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