@techreport{NBERw6746,
 title = "Redistributive Public Employment",
 author = "Alberto Alesina and Reza Baqir and William Easterly",
 institution = "National Bureau of Economic Research",
 type = "Working Paper",
 series = "Working Paper Series",
 number = "6746",
 year = "1998",
 month = "October",
 URL = "http://www.nber.org/papers/w6746",
 abstract = {Politicians may use  disguised' redistributive policies in order to circumvent opposition to explicit tax-transfer schemes. First, we present a theoretical model that formalizes this hypothesis; then we provide evidence that in US cities, politicians use public employment as such a redistributive device.  We find that city employment is significantly higher in cities where income inequality and ethnic fragmentation are higher.},
}