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My (Running) Mate, the Mayor: Political Ties and Access to Public Jobs in Ecuador

Abstract
We show that local politicians’ probability of being employed by a municipality increases when they have a strong party connection to its mayor. Using a regression discontinuity design, we compare the employment outcomes of individuals connected to the winner vis-à-vis those connected to the runner-up in close mayoral races in Ecuador. Among candidates to local councils who lose their bid, the probability of getting a job in the municipality increases tenfold when their own party’s mayoral nominee is elected. Importantly, the effect is concentrated among low-ranking positions, which reveals that this is the result of political patronage.
Subject
Democracia | Gobernabilidad | Políticas públicas
 
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América Latina y el Caribe
Ecuador
 
URI
http://scioteca.caf.com/handle/123456789/1521
Date
2020-01-17
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Brassiolo, Pablo
Estrada, Ricardo
Fajardo, Gustavo
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