Political Parties and Labor-Market Outcomes: Evidence from US States

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Beland, Louis-Philippe
• 署名单位: Louisiana State University System; Louisiana State University
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-APPLIED ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1945-7782
• DOI: 10.1257/app.20120387
• 发表日期: 2015
• 页码: 198-220
• 关键词: regression-discontinuity approach; economic outcomes; policy choices; matter; house; ELECTIONS; DESIGN

摘要

This paper estimates the causal impact of the party allegiance (Republican or Democratic) of US governors on labor-market outcomes. I match gubernatorial elections with March Current Population Survey (CPS) data for income years 1977 to 2008. Using a regression discontinuity design, I find that Democratic governors cause an increase in the annual hours worked by blacks relative to whites, which leads to a reduction in the racial earnings gap between black and white workers. The results are consistent and robust to using a wide range of models, controls, and specifications.