Electoral cycles in MPs’ salaries: evidence from the German states

Kauder, Björn; Krause, Manuela; Potrafke, Niklas

doi:10.1007/s10797-017-9479-7

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“…9. On electoral cycles in salaries of US federal bureaucrats and German state members of parliament, see Borjas (1984) and Kauder, Krause, and Potrafke (2018). 10.…”

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Do Left-wing Governments Decrease Wage Inequality among Civil Servants? Empirical Evidence from the German States

Kauder

Krause

Potrafke

2021

Public Finance Review

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We investigate whether left-wing governments decrease wage inequality among civil servants. The data are based on the salaries of civil servants in the German states. Since a reform in 2006, German state governments are allowed to design salaries of civil servants. We employ encompassing data for pay levels and professions including judges, professors, policemen, and administrators and distinguish between levels of operating experiences. We use six wage inequality measures comparing salaries across pay levels and operating experiences. The results do not suggest that left-wing governments were more active in decreasing wage inequality among civil servants than the center or right-wing governments. Cabinet members are civil servants themselves and decide on their own salaries: government ideology is also not shown to predict the salaries of cabinet members. Because left-wing governments are perceived as taking action against income and wage inequality, future research should employ data from other federal states such as the United States to examine how government ideology influences the salaries of civil servants.

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“…9. On electoral cycles in salaries of US federal bureaucrats and German state members of parliament, see Borjas (1984) and Kauder, Krause, and Potrafke (2018). 10.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Do Left-wing Governments Decrease Wage Inequality among Civil Servants? Empirical Evidence from the German States

Kauder

Krause

Potrafke

2021

Public Finance Review

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“…9 On electoral cycles in salaries of US federal bureaucrats and German state members of parliament see Borjas (1984) and Kauder, Krause, and Potrafke (2018).…”

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Do Left-Wing Governments Decrease Wage Inequality Among Civil Servants? Empirical Evidence from the German States

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Krause

Potrafke

2020

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“…On electoral cycles in the German states and municipalities, see, e.g.,Tepe and Vanhuysse (2009,Mechtel and Potrafke (2013),Foremny and Riedel (2014), Garmann (in press),Kauder et al (2016a), and Riem (2016a.…”

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Do Politicians Reward Core Supporters? Evidence from a Discretionary Grant Program

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Electoral cycles in MPs’ salaries: evidence from the German states

Cited by 6 publications

References 85 publications

Do Left-wing Governments Decrease Wage Inequality among Civil Servants? Empirical Evidence from the German States

Do Left-wing Governments Decrease Wage Inequality among Civil Servants? Empirical Evidence from the German States

Do Left-Wing Governments Decrease Wage Inequality Among Civil Servants? Empirical Evidence from the German States

Do Politicians Reward Core Supporters? Evidence from a Discretionary Grant Program

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