Jobs and Political Participation: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Ethiopia

被引：1

作者：

Aalen, Lovise ^{[1
]}

Kotsadam, Andreas ^{[2
]}

Pieters, Janneke ^{[3
]}

Villanger, Espen ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Chr Michelsen Inst, Bergen, Norway

[2] Ragnar Frisch Ctr Econ Res, Oslo, Norway

[3] Wageningen Univ, Wageningen, Netherlands

来源：

JOURNAL OF POLITICS | 2024年 / 86卷 / 02期

关键词：

employment; political participation; gender; field experiment; Ethiopia; GENDER-GAP; POLICY PREFERENCES; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR; ECONOMY; MODEL;

D O I：

10.1086/726929

中图分类号：

D0 [政治学、政治理论];

学科分类号：

0302 ; 030201 ;

摘要：

We identify the effects of employment on political participation by collaborating with 27 large companies in Ethiopia to randomly assign jobs to equally qualified female applicants. The job offers increase formal employment and earnings, but we can clearly reject any positive effects on political participation. We find no effects on political interest, raising issues, or protest activity, and we find negative effects on participation in community meetings. We further find that job offers reduce internal and external political efficacy, suggesting that employment may actually be politically disempowering. Our qualitative data suggest that several features of the jobs may contribute to lower political efficacy directly.

引用

页码：656 / 671

页数：16

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