Working Paper
Political Participation and the Welfare State
Rainald Borck
CESifo, Munich, 2018
CESifo Working Paper No. 7128
CESifo, Munich, 2018
CESifo Working Paper No. 7128
A large literature has claimed that higher political participation increases welfare spending. In this paper, I review this literature. I study the theoretical link between participation and redistributive spending. Then, I survey the empirical literature on the link between education, income and political participation, as well as that between political participation and redistribution.
CESifo Category
Public Choice
Social Protection
Public Choice
Social Protection
JEL Classification: D720, H530