Resignation as Promotion? Executive Turnover and Early Departures in the Argentine Congress, 1983–2017
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6300832 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Adrián Lucardi (0000-0002-3284-4860, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, corresponding author), Juan Pablo Micozzi (0000-0003-3865-4870, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México), Natán Skigin (0000-0001-6145-6157, University of Notre Dame) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 823-854 |
| Publication date | 2022-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Legislative Studies Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0362-9805 • E-ISSN: 1939-9162 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/lsq.12369 |
| OpenAlex | W4205964674 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 49 |
When (and why) do legislators quit their jobs? Previous answers to this question have focused on retirements. Looking at voluntary resignations instead, in this article we argue that leaving Congress to assume an elected (executive) office or a position in the (sub)national bureaucracy may be a career‐advancing move motivated by progressive ambition. We document this claim with data from Argentina, where roughly 12% of elected deputies leave voluntarily before their term ends, but rarely become unemployed. Consistent with expectations, we show that resignations tend to follow instances of executive alternation at the (sub)national level, and are driven by legislators placed at the top of party lists as well as those elected in midterm years
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| Citation velocity | recent |
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| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |