Political Change and Turnover in Public Employment: Evidence from a Brazilian Election

• In Event: Personnel Politics in Comparative Perspective

Brief Overview

We take advantage of a database of all employees in Brazil to assess the influence of the election of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in 2002 on the career decisions of federal bureaucrats.

Authors

• Anthony Michael Bertelli, Pennsylvania State University and Bocconi University

• Paula Rettl, Bocconi University

• Taina Souza Pacheco, FGV