Study Fleche (2015): study SY 1999
- Public
- 14+ aged general public, Switserland, followed 12 years 1999-2012
- Survey name
- CH-SHP pooled waves
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 15000
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Centralization in canton
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Financial equivalence of the transfers was about 4% of the cantonal budget Cantons are highly autonomous provinces inb higly democratic Switserland Whether or not centralization reform took place in a canton appeared to be unrelated to varous cantonal characteristics and is therefore be considered random
- Distribution
- 1: 19 cantons, 0: 7 cantons
- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- Transfer of tasks from municipalities to canton
1 contralization reform (treated)
0 no reform (control)
Observed Relation with Happiness
b-fix controled for
- personal characteristics
- sexe
- age
- personal income
- marital status
- employment status
- education
- religion
- language
- political preference
- self rated health
- foreign born
Unaffected by additional control for
- canton characteristics
- income per capita
- unemployment rate
- municipal population size
b-fix controled for
- personal characteristics
- sexe
- age
- personal income
- marital status
- employment status
- self rated health
Slightly lower (.003) after additional control for:
- canton characteristics
- income per capita
- unemployment rate
- municipal population size
Effect dissipates over time
1 year prior reform b-fix = -.01 (ns)
year of implementation b-fix = -.04 (05)
1-2 years after b-fix = -.03 (05)
3 years after b-fix = -.01 (ns)
No difference in effect across
- personal characteristics
- gender
- personal incomer
- emploment statis
- health
- children under 18
- left voter
- on electoral register
- langiage
- cantonal and munipipal characteristics
- degree of direct democracy
- approval of reform
- time of reform
- municipality size