In public health management there is a need to produce subnational estimates of health outcomes. Often, however, funds are not available to collect samples large enough to produce traditional survey sample estimates for each subnational area. Although parametric hierarchical methods have been successfully used to derive estimates from small samples, there is a concern that the geographic divers...

Research on the impact of decentralisation has generally overlooked fact that economic returns transferring powers and resources to subnational tiers government greatly depend quality devolved government. Scholarly literature also neglected these may be similarly affected by autonomy neighbouring areas their quality. In this paper, we use panel data fixed effects analyses spatial Durbin econome...

Multilevel regression and poststratification (MrP) is a powerful tool for estimating local public opinion from national survey data. However, it has seen little use outside of the United States, owing to its rather stringent data requirements. In this paper, I prove that an extension of MrP using synthetic poststratification (MrsP) can overcome these limitations without introducing error. I the...

In this article, we empirically analyze the impact of central and subnational government spending on human development in a sample 57 developed developing countries over period 2000–18. Specifically, focus effects health education public expenditure Human Development Index (HDI) its dimensions (life expectancy, education, income). Applying data panel analysis, our empirical evidence shows impor...

This entry chronicles a national change of government. It includes election results for Australia's elections and two subnational elections. supplies data on the new Cabinet, notes changes in parliamentary composition (sex party) party leadership changes. to head state significant institutional culture (viz., ongoing implementation measures make Parliament safer more family-friendly workplace e...

Proportional electoral rules are associated with more substantial women’s representation than majoritarian ones. To provide causal evidence that affect and the qualification of politicians, we collect panel data on universe Italian politicians from all levels government over period 1987–2013 analyse an reform which, in 2005, changed rule for national elections (mostly) to proportional, but did ...

In the aftermath of Brexit there is frequent reference to an ascendant ‘English nationalism’ in British politics. This article challenges conceptual and empirical adequacy this epithet. It provides a rather different characterization developing trends within English national consciousness, main dynamics animating it recent years, pointing emergence number distinct ‘imaginaries’ at both popular ...

We develop a theory of cross-border income shifting in response to personal taxation, and examine its implications for the revenue potential and excess burden of personal taxes at the subnational level. We estimate the elasticity of tax avoidance and of cross-border tax base shifting using data on top income shares for Canadian provinces, finding that interprovincial shifting accounts for about...