Replication data for: Stimulating Local Public Employment: Do General Grants Work?
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Heléne Lundqvist; Matz Dahlberg; Eva Mörk
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Project Citation:
Lundqvist, Heléne, Dahlberg, Matz, and Mörk, Eva. Replication data for: Stimulating Local Public Employment: Do General Grants Work? Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2014. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-13. https://doi.org/10.3886/E114847V1
Project Description
Summary:
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We apply the regression kink design to the Swedish grant system and
estimate causal effects of intergovernmental grants on local public
employment. Our robust conclusion is that grants do not stimulate
local public employment. We find no statistically significant effects
on total local public employment, and we can exclude even moderate
effects. When disaggregating the total effect by sector, we find
that personnel in the traditional welfare sectors are unaffected, a
conclusion which applies to both publicly and privately employed
in these sectors. The only positive and statistically significant effect
of grants is that on administrative personnel.
Scope of Project
Subject Terms:
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municipal characteristics;
local public employment;
intergovernmental grants
JEL Classification:
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H75 State and Local Government: Health; Education; Welfare; Public Pensions
H77 Intergovernmental Relations; Federalism; Secession
J45 Public Sector Labor Markets
H75 State and Local Government: Health; Education; Welfare; Public Pensions
H77 Intergovernmental Relations; Federalism; Secession
J45 Public Sector Labor Markets
Geographic Coverage:
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Sweden
Time Period(s):
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1996 – 2004
Universe:
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Swedish municipalities
Data Type(s):
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administrative records data;
aggregate data
Methodology
Data Source:
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Statistics Sweden; The Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy (IFAU); The Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SALAR)
Unit(s) of Observation:
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Municipalities,
annual
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