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来源类型 | Discussion paper |
规范类型 | 论文 |
来源ID | DP17171 |
DP17171 The Effects of Fiscal Decentralization on Publicly Provided Services and Labor Markets | |
Michela Giorcelli; Nicola Bianchi; Enrica Maria Martino | |
发表日期 | 2022-04-02 |
出版年 | 2022 |
语种 | 英语 |
摘要 | This paper studies how fiscal decentralization affects local services. It explores a 1993 reform that increased the fiscal autonomy of Italian municipalities by replacing government transfers with revenues from a local property tax. Our identification leverages cross-municipal variation in the degree of decentralization that stems from differences in the average age of buildings caused by bombings during WWII. Decentralization reduced local spending but expanded municipal services, such as nursery schools. These effects are larger in areas with greater political competition. The paper also investigates how the reform affected labor markets. Decentralization increased female labor supply—probably through expanded availability of nursery schools—thereby reducing the gender gap in employment. |
主题 | Economic History ; Public Economics |
关键词 | Fiscal decentralization Female labor supply Childcare Nursery schools Local property tax |
URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp17171 |
来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/546163 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Michela Giorcelli,Nicola Bianchi,Enrica Maria Martino. DP17171 The Effects of Fiscal Decentralization on Publicly Provided Services and Labor Markets. 2022. |
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