Jobs for Votes? Evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean

• In Event: Public Opinion and Voting Behavior in Latin America

Brief Overview

We use five AmericasBarometer surveys from 2008 to 2016 to test whether public-sector employment correlates to rewarding incumbents in 18 Latin American and Caribbean countries and if that trend has worsened under democratic backsliding.

Author

• Natalie Chaudhuri, Stanford University