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Carine Milcent - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Public Employment and Political Pressure: The Case of French Hospitals
Journal of Health Economics, 2011Co-Authors: Andrew E. Clark, Carine MilcentAbstract:This paper uses an unusual administrative dataset covering the universe of French hospitals to consider hospital employment: this is consistently higher in public hospitals than in not-for-profit (NFP) or private hospitals, even controlling for a number of measures of hospital output. NFP hospitals serve as a benchmark, being very similar to public hospitals, but without Political influence on their hiring. Public-hospital employment is positively correlated with the local unemployment rate, whereas no such relationship is found in other hospitals. This is consistent with public hospitals providing employment in depressed areas. We appeal to the Political Science literature and calculate local Political Allegiance, using expert evaluations on various parties' Political positions and local election results. The relationship between public-hospital employment and local unemployment is stronger the more left-wing the local municipality. This latter result holds especially when electoral races are tight, consistent with a concern for re-election.
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Keynesian hospitals? Public employment and Political pressure
2008Co-Authors: Andrew E. Clark, Carine MilcentAbstract:This paper uses an unusual administrative dataset covering the universe of French hospitals to consider hospital employment: this is consistently higher in public hospitals than in Not-For-Profit or private hospitals, even controlling for many measures of hospital output (such as the type of operations and care provided, and the bed capacity rate). Public-hospital employment is positively correlated with the local unemployment rate, whereas no relationship is found in non-Public hospitals. This is consistent with public hospitals providing employment in depressed areas. We appeal to the Political Science literature and calculate local Political Allegiance, using expert evaluations on various parties Political positions and local election results. The relationship between public hospital employment and local unemployment is stronger the more left-wing the local municipality. This latter result holds especially when electoral races are tight, consistent with a concern for re-election.
Andrew E. Clark - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Public Employment and Political Pressure: The Case of French Hospitals
Journal of Health Economics, 2011Co-Authors: Andrew E. Clark, Carine MilcentAbstract:This paper uses an unusual administrative dataset covering the universe of French hospitals to consider hospital employment: this is consistently higher in public hospitals than in not-for-profit (NFP) or private hospitals, even controlling for a number of measures of hospital output. NFP hospitals serve as a benchmark, being very similar to public hospitals, but without Political influence on their hiring. Public-hospital employment is positively correlated with the local unemployment rate, whereas no such relationship is found in other hospitals. This is consistent with public hospitals providing employment in depressed areas. We appeal to the Political Science literature and calculate local Political Allegiance, using expert evaluations on various parties' Political positions and local election results. The relationship between public-hospital employment and local unemployment is stronger the more left-wing the local municipality. This latter result holds especially when electoral races are tight, consistent with a concern for re-election.
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Keynesian hospitals? Public employment and Political pressure
2008Co-Authors: Andrew E. Clark, Carine MilcentAbstract:This paper uses an unusual administrative dataset covering the universe of French hospitals to consider hospital employment: this is consistently higher in public hospitals than in Not-For-Profit or private hospitals, even controlling for many measures of hospital output (such as the type of operations and care provided, and the bed capacity rate). Public-hospital employment is positively correlated with the local unemployment rate, whereas no relationship is found in non-Public hospitals. This is consistent with public hospitals providing employment in depressed areas. We appeal to the Political Science literature and calculate local Political Allegiance, using expert evaluations on various parties Political positions and local election results. The relationship between public hospital employment and local unemployment is stronger the more left-wing the local municipality. This latter result holds especially when electoral races are tight, consistent with a concern for re-election.
Kees Van Kersbergen - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Interests, Identity and Political Allegiance in the European Union
Acta Politica, 2007Co-Authors: Catherine E De Vries, Kees Van KersbergenAbstract:We take up a longstanding question within the field of European Union (EU) studies: What explains the variation in public support for European integration? There are two dominant explanations: The utilitarian self-interest and the national identity perspectives. The former viewpoint stresses that citizens are more likely to support European integration, if it results in a net benefit to their economy or pocketbook, while the latter perspective argues that identity considerations predominantly influence EU support. Drawing on the concept of double Allegiance, we argue that these perspectives should be combined into one single explanatory framework rather than framed as alternatives. Using a multilevel model, we empirically substantiate the claim that interest- and identity-based explanations capture different sides of the same coin, as the more citizens perceive integration to threaten their (economic and social-psychological) security and well-being, the less likely they will support the EU
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Political Allegiance and European integration
European Journal of Political Research, 2000Co-Authors: Kees Van KersbergenAbstract:Under what conditions and to what extent do national publics come to accept the increasing efforts of state elites to build new Political institutions that transcend the constitutional frontiers of the nation-state and affect their interests beyond their direct control? This paper explores the role of national publics and social policy in the process of national and European integration. A theory of Allegiance is proposed as particularly useful for analyzing this topic. Allegiance is defined as the willingness of a national public to approve of and to support the decisions made by a government, in return for a more or less immediate and straightforward reward or benefit. National publics accept the efforts of their national state elites to build new trans- or supranational Political institutions on the condition that this guarantees or reinforces economic (e.g. employment) and social (e.g. income maintenance) security in the national context. European integration depends on a double Allegiance , consisting of a primary Allegiance to the nation-state and its Political elite and a secondary or derived Allegiance to the EC or EU. Secondary Allegiance, however, exists only to the extent that European integration facilitates nation-states to provide the resources upon which primary Allegiance hinges. The theory of double Allegiance specifies theoretically the mechanism explaining the link between national economic and social conditions, and public support for the European Union.
Christopher Towler - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Race and Our Political System: An Examination of Political Allegiance and Alienation in Contemporary America
2011Co-Authors: Christopher TowlerAbstract:Political Allegiance has been shown to influence how much people trust and have confidence in their government as well as their Political behavior and attitudes. However, little has been done to examine the intersection of this concept with race. As the demographics of America continue to change, the importance of how race mediates the concept of Political Allegiance is only magnified. Simply put, this paper examines the intersection of Political Allegiance and race, and how this relationship influences Political participation as well as attitudes about individual civil liberties and equality in America. Using data from the Multi-State Survey on Race and Politics, the determinants of Political Allegiance, namely race, are explored. The mediating effect of race on Political Allegiance is then modeled in order to predict Political participation, attitudes towards civil liberties and views of equality in America. Findings suggest that race is an important predictor of Political Allegiance, and also mediates the power of Allegiance on the Political outcomes of interest. This research shows that the concept of Political Allegiance, and more broadly the relationship between people and their government, must be examined from within a framework of race and ethnicity.
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Political Allegiance and Race in America
2011Co-Authors: Christopher TowlerAbstract:Political Allegiance has been shown to influence how much people trust and have confidence in their government as well as its legitimacy, but little has been done to examine the intersection of this concept with race. As the demographics of America continue to change, the importance of how race mediates the influence of Political Allegiance only grows. Simply put, this paper examines how the intersection of Political Allegiance and race influences Political participation as well as attitudes on individual civil liberties and equality in America. Using data from the 2010 Multi-State Survey on Race and Politics, structural equation models are used to correct for measurement error in the Political Allegiance construct. The mediating effect of race on Political Allegiance is then modeled in order to predict Political participation, attitudes towards civil liberties and views on equality in America. Preliminary findings suggest that Political Allegiance works differently to predict participation and views on civil liberties and equality depending on race. These findings suggest that the influence of Political Allegiance and an examination of the relationship between people and their governments need to be examined within a racial framework.
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Political Allegiance under the First Black President
2010Co-Authors: Christopher TowlerAbstract:The election of Barack Obama has been the start to many 'firsts' in American politics - such as the most diverse cabinet in history and the nomination of the first Latina to the U.S. Supreme Court. This paper examines how these new developments within the highest and most visible Political offices of the country influence White attitudes. Through a survey experiment, White attitudes of Political Allegiance are tested in light of the new Political developments since the last Presidential election. Half of the respondents were primed with specific information about Obama, the diversity of his cabinet appointments and selection of Sotomayor; the other half received no priming statement. Next, respondents were asked a series of questions about Political Allegiance, satisfaction with representation, and responsiveness of government. In short, I find White respondents' levels of Political Allegiance are influenced by simply prompting them to think about the new diverse state of their national government.
Kieran Mcevoy - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Security Vetting in Northern Ireland: Loyalty, Redress and Citizenship
The Modern Law Review, 2003Co-Authors: Ciaran White, Kieran McevoyAbstract:The notion of 'loyalty' is one that inevitably infuses any system of security vettingset up to establish mechanisms to prevent the disclosure of information whichcould be considered a threat to the security of the state or its citizens. Loyalty,however, is a problematic concept even in jurisdictions with an arguably morehomogenous body politic than Northern Ireland.2 As we shall seek to demonstratein this article, those difficulties are considerably exacerbated in a region where asignificant minority explicitly offer their Political Allegiance to a differentjurisdiction and where there have been persistent periods of Political violenceassociated with that conflict of identity and Allegiance.