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Governance, bureaucratic rents, and well-being differentials across US states

Luechinger, Simon ; Schelker, Mark ; Stutzer, Alois

In: Oxford Economic Papers, 2014, vol. 66, no. 2, p. 443-464

We analyse the influence of institutional restrictions on bureaucratic rents. As a measure for these rents, we propose subjective well-being differentials between workers in the public administration and workers in other industries. Based on data for the US states, we estimate the extent to which institutional efforts to strengthen bureaucratic accountability affect differences in well-being....