TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bazzi,Samuel
AU  - Labanca,Claudio
ED  - National Bureau of Economic Research.
TI  - Campaign Connections
T2  - NBER working paper series
PY  - 2023///
CY  - Cambridge, Mass.
PB  - National Bureau of Economic Research
KW  - Political Processes: Rent-Seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
KW  - jelc
KW  - Bureaucracy • Administrative Processes in Public Organizations • Corruption
KW  - Public Sector Labor Markets
KW  - Informal Labor Markets
KW  - Formal and Informal Sectors • Shadow Economy • Institutional Arrangements
KW  - General
N1  - May 2023; Hardcopy version available to institutional subscribers
N2  - This paper explores the labor market returns to working on a victorious political campaign. Using unique administrative data from Brazil, we track the earnings and employment of campaign workers before and after close elections spanning nearly 20 years. We identify sizable returns to working for a winning campaign, especially in areas with a large informal sector and for workers connected to newly elected challengers. The returns are concentrated in the public sector, where connected hires are relatively more qualified. Our results suggest a potential upside to patronage as campaign connections create new pathways to public administration for young, high-ability workers
UR  - https://www.nber.org/papers/w31283
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w31283
ER  -