Government Growth and Professionalism in U.S. State Legislatures
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7329627 |
|---|---|
| Authors | N Malhotra (0000-0003-4477-6049, Stanford University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 563-584 |
| Publication date | 2006-11-01 |
| 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 | 10.3162/036298006x201931 |
| OpenAlex | W2091611077 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 43 |
This article analyzes the professionalization of American state legislatures since the 1960s and expands on previous studies by considering the strategic incentives of members. Fiorina and Noll's (1978a, 1978b) theory that reelection‐minded legislators serve as “ombudsmen to the bureaucracy” on behalf of their constituents suggests that legislatures have professionalized in response to growth in public spending in order to strengthen members' abilities to handle increased facilitation duties. I used longitudinal analysis and instrumental variables regression to test this hypothesis and disentangle causal directionality, since professional legislators may have the means and incentive to spend more than their citizen counterparts. Both methods revealed empirical support for the Fiorina and Noll hypothesis that spending increases caused legislators to become more professional
Bureaucracy · Economics · Government (linguistics · Incentive · Legislature · Microeconomics · Political science · Politics · Professionalization · State (computer science · Test (biology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Local Government Finance and Decentralization · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research
Court-ordered redistricting and the law of 1/n
More Laws, More Growth? Evidence from US States
A Squire Index Update
Should We Measure Professionalism with an Index? A Note on Theory and Practice in State Legislative Professionalism Research
Concentrated Powers
The Source of the Legislative Professionalism Advantage
Is It Us? Is It Them? Or Is It This Place? Predicting Civility in State Legislatures
The public‐facing policy agenda of state legislatures
Disentangling the Relationship between Legislative Professionalism and Government Spending
Constraining Executive Action
Partisan Competition and the Efficiency of Lawmaking in American State Legislatures, 1991-2009
The Law of k/n
The Personal Vote
Deliberate Discretion?
Analyzing Panel Data
Testing for Weak Instruments in Linear IV Regression
A Simple Test for Heteroscedasticity and Random Coefficient Variation
Invited Commentary
The role of the propensity score in estimating dose-response functions
Fiscal Policy, Legislature Size, and Political Parties
Deviations From Constituent Interests
Causal Inference With General Treatment Regimes
The central role of the propensity score in observational studies for causal effects
Biases in Dynamic Models with Fixed Effects
Some Tests of Specification for Panel Data
A Heteroskedasticity-Consistent Covariance Matrix Estimator and a Direct Test for Heteroskedasticity
Initial conditions and moment restrictions in dynamic panel data models
Instrumental Variables Regression with Weak Instruments
Instrument Relevance in Multivariate Linear Models
Former State Legislators in the U. S. House of Representatives
Trends in the Partisan Composition of State Legislatures
The New Federalism
The Political Economy of Benefits and Costs
Diversity in the American States
The Personal Vote
Changes in Professionalism in U. S. State Legislatures
State Legislators as Congressional Candidates
Estimating Dynamic Panel Data Models in Political Science
Legislative Professionalism and the Demand for Groups
Professional Legislatures and Ambitious Politicians
Citizens, Structures, and Sister States
Another Look at Legislative Professionalization and Divided Government in the States
Legislative Professionalization and Membership Diversity in State Legislatures
State Legislative Professionalism and Gubernatorial Effectiveness, 1978-1991
Career Opportunities and Membership Stability in Legislatures
State Legislators in Congress
The institutionalization of the good death
Divided Government in the American States
Legislative Professionalism and Incumbent Reelection
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,63 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2025 (19) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |