Labor market concentration: Voter perceptions and electoral accountability

• In Event: New Cities

Brief Overview

This paper uses observational and experimental data to test how well voters perceive their local labor markets and whether more concentrated labor markets encourage voters to support antitrust policy or electorally punish incumbent politicians.

Authors

• Preston Johnston, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Gabrielle Péloquin-Skulski, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Joseph Loffredo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Alejandro Frydman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology