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SUMMARY:Research Seminar in Economics: Laura Barros (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen)
DESCRIPTION:Topic: Job Loss and Political Entry\n\nSpeaker: Laura Barros 
 (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) and Aiko Schmeisser (University of
  Potsdam)\n\nTime & venue:\n\nThursday, 12.15–1.30 p.m.\n\nFU Berlin, Bo
 ltzmannstr. 16-20\n\nroom 202/ Kaminzimmer\n\nDescription: \n\nThe supply
  of politicians affects the quality of democratic institutions. Yet, littl
 e is known about how economic trade-offs motivate individuals to enter pol
 itical life. This paper investigates how experiencing a job loss affects i
 ndividuals’ decision to join politics and studies the consequences of la
 yoffs for the selection of politicians. Using administrative data on the u
 niverse of formal employees, party members, and local political candidates
  in Brazil, and relying on mass layoffs for causal identification, we show
  that job loss increases the probability of joining a political party and 
 running for local office. Moreover, we document that layoff-induced candid
 ates are positively selected in various competence measures, suggesting th
 at economic shocks may improve the quality of politicians. Heterogeneity a
 nalyses reveal a more pronounced increase in candidacies for laid-off indi
 viduals with higher financial incentives from office holding and larger pr
 edicted income losses. In addition, we find that being eligible for unempl
 oyment benefits after job loss also increases party memberships and candid
 acies. These results are consistent with the reduction in private-sector o
 pportunity costs and the increased time resources explaining the rise in p
 olitical entry.
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