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University of Aarhus, Aarhus School of Business, Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper analyzes the effect of job creation and job destruction on the voting patterns of individuals in Poland during the 1997 and 2001 parliamentary elections. First, we link the votes

for the left wing party to the unemployment rate and the job creation and destruction rates in the constituency. We show that the job destruction rate and unemployment rate has a positive effect on the votes for the SLD, while the job creation rate has a negative effect. Second, we look at the effect of the change in job creation and job destruction rates on the change in the votes for individual candidates. We find that incumbents from the former right wing coalition received less votes if excess job

reallocation had increased in their constituency. Therefore, the paper provides evidence that job flows have a strong impact on

voting patterns and that the balance between the positive and negative effects of reforms determine to a large extent the political outcome.

Keywords: Job creation; Job destruction; voting behavior; gradualism

JEL-codes: D72; P26

27 pages, May 26, 2003

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