Do Elections Improve Constituency Responsiveness? Evidence from US Cities [0.03%]
选举能提升代表效率吗？美国城市的证据
Darin Christensen,Simon Ejdemyr
Darin Christensen
Do elections motivate incumbent politicians to serve their voters? In this paper, we use millions of service requests placed by residents in US cities to measure constituency responsiveness. We then test whether an unusual policy change in ...
Are We Providing Enough to Those Who Have Too Little? Measuring Poverty Relief [0.03%]
所得过少问题严重吗？——衡量贫困救助的影响
Karen Long Jusko,Katherine Weisshaar
Karen Long Jusko
This manuscript presents a new measure of safety net program effectiveness-a "poverty relief ratio"-that is based on the estimated relationship between market income and social transfers, and reports the amount of income support provided, r...