Do politicians’ relatives get better jobs? Evidence from municipal elections

This paper estimates the impacts of being connected to politicians on occupational choice. Using an administrative dataset collected in 2008–2010 on 20 million individuals in the Philippines, we rely on naming conventions to assess family links to candidates in elections held in 2007 and 2010. We co...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Fafchamps, M, Labonne, J
Format: Journal article
Published: Oxford University Press 2017