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Is There a "Race-to...
Is There a "Race-to-the-Bottom" in the Setting of Welfare Benefit Levels? : Evidence from a Policy Intervention
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- Dahlberg, Matz (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Nationalekonomiska institutionen,Institutet för arbetsmarknadspolitisk utvärdering (IFAU)
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- Edmark, Karin (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Nationalekonomiska institutionen,Institutet för arbetsmarknadspolitisk utvärdering (IFAU)
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- Elsevier BV, 2008
- 2008
- English.
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In: Journal of Public Economics. - : Elsevier BV. - 0047-2727 .- 1879-2316. ; 92:5-6, s. 1193-1209
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- In this paper we investigate whether local governments react on the welfare benefit levels in neighboring jurisdictions when setting their own benefit levels. We solve the simultaneity problem arising from the welfare game by utilizing a policy intervention; more specifically, we use a centrally geared exogenous placement of a highly welfare prone group (refugees) among Swedish municipalities as an instrument. The IV estimates indicate that there exists a "race-to-the-bottom" and that the effect is economically as well as statistically significant; if the neighboring municipalities decrease their welfare benefit level by 100 SEK, a municipality decreases its benefit level with approximately 41 SEK. This result is robust to several alternative model specifications.
Subject headings
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Ekonomi och näringsliv (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Economics and Business (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Policy intervention
- Race-to-the-bottom
- Strategic interactions
- Welfare benefit level
- Business and economics
- Ekonomi
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- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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