Public Employees as Swing Voters: Empirical Evidence on Opposition to Public Reform

Jorn Rattso and Rune J. Sørensen ()

Public Choice, 2004, vol. 119, issue 3_4, 310 pages

Abstract: Reform offers economic gains for society at large, but can represent a threat to the interests of public employees. Public sector reform faces opposition from voters employed in public sector. Norwegian data allow for an analysis this interpretation. Survey data show that public employees prefer less reform than the rest of the population. The voting behavior of public employees is more sensitive to reform than is that of other voters (the swing voter hypothesis), and hence: shares of public employees in a local jurisdiction have a negative impact on the probability of reform.

Date: 2004
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