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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 combine a regression discontinuity design to close elections in 2007 with an alternative approach using individuals connected to successful candidates in 2010 as control group. This allows us to net ...
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- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
- Version:
- Accepted Manuscript
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1093/jleo/ewx001
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- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Journal of Law, Economics and Organization Journal website
- Volume:
- 33
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 268-300
- Publication date:
- 2017-02-09
- Acceptance date:
- 2016-12-20
- DOI:
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1465-7341
- ISSN:
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8756-6222
- Pubs id:
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pubs:668652
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uri:46afc6c2-24e9-44ac-814e-114d4b780122
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uuid:46afc6c2-24e9-44ac-814e-114d4b780122
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- pubs:668652
- Copyright holder:
- Fafchamps et al.
- Copyright date:
- 2017
- Notes:
- © The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Yale University. All rights reserved. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Oxford University Press at: https://doi.org/10.1093/jleo/ewx001
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