Unemployment and the dynamics of political support for economic reforms

Jan Fidrmuc

Journal of Economic Policy Reform, 1999, vol. 3, issue 2, 139-156

Abstract: I analyze the dynamics of political support for economic reforms using a version of Rodrik's (1995) two-sector model of the transition economy. The key role is played by the pattern of flows between the state and private sectors and unemployment. It is shown that while the workers in the private sector always support rapid reforms, the workers in the state sector and the unemployed will support rapid reforms only at the outset of the transition. Later, state-sector workers and unemployed vote for a reduction in the speed of reforms.

Date: 1999
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