Political dynasties and poverty: measurement and evidence of linkages in the Philippines

Political dynasty refers to a situation in which an incumbent official has at least one relative in elected office in the past or the present government. In the Philippines, for example, political dynasties comprise over 70% of its Congress. The impact of political dynasties on socioeconomic outcome...

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Main Authors: Mendoza, Ronald U, Beja, Edsel L, Jr, Venida, Victor S, Yap, David B, II
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Online Access:https://archium.ateneo.edu/asog-pubs/63
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13600818.2016.1169264
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.asog-pubs-10622022-04-04T05:23:02Z Political dynasties and poverty: measurement and evidence of linkages in the Philippines Mendoza, Ronald U Beja, Edsel L, Jr Venida, Victor S Yap, David B, II Political dynasty refers to a situation in which an incumbent official has at least one relative in elected office in the past or the present government. In the Philippines, for example, political dynasties comprise over 70% of its Congress. The impact of political dynasties on socioeconomic outcomes such as poverty is an important empirical question (do political dynasties exacerbate poverty?), and this paper presents some evidence. The analysis of data from the Philippines finds a worsening effect of political dynasties on poverty in provinces outside Luzon. 2016-04-01T07:00:00Z text https://archium.ateneo.edu/asog-pubs/63 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13600818.2016.1169264 Ateneo School of Government Faculty Publications Archīum Ateneo Public Administration Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
institution Ateneo De Manila University
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continent Asia
country Philippines
Philippines
content_provider Ateneo De Manila University Library
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topic Public Administration
Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
spellingShingle Public Administration
Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
Mendoza, Ronald U
Beja, Edsel L, Jr
Venida, Victor S
Yap, David B, II
Political dynasties and poverty: measurement and evidence of linkages in the Philippines
description Political dynasty refers to a situation in which an incumbent official has at least one relative in elected office in the past or the present government. In the Philippines, for example, political dynasties comprise over 70% of its Congress. The impact of political dynasties on socioeconomic outcomes such as poverty is an important empirical question (do political dynasties exacerbate poverty?), and this paper presents some evidence. The analysis of data from the Philippines finds a worsening effect of political dynasties on poverty in provinces outside Luzon.
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author Mendoza, Ronald U
Beja, Edsel L, Jr
Venida, Victor S
Yap, David B, II
author_facet Mendoza, Ronald U
Beja, Edsel L, Jr
Venida, Victor S
Yap, David B, II
author_sort Mendoza, Ronald U
title Political dynasties and poverty: measurement and evidence of linkages in the Philippines
title_short Political dynasties and poverty: measurement and evidence of linkages in the Philippines
title_full Political dynasties and poverty: measurement and evidence of linkages in the Philippines
title_fullStr Political dynasties and poverty: measurement and evidence of linkages in the Philippines
title_full_unstemmed Political dynasties and poverty: measurement and evidence of linkages in the Philippines
title_sort political dynasties and poverty: measurement and evidence of linkages in the philippines
publisher Archīum Ateneo
publishDate 2016
url https://archium.ateneo.edu/asog-pubs/63
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13600818.2016.1169264
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