| Congressional Careers, Committee Assignments, and Seniority Randomization in the U.S. House of Representatives. | |
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PMID: 19888445 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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This paper estimates the effects of initial committee seniority on the career histories of Democratic members of the House of Representatives from 1949 to 2006. When more than one freshman representative is assigned to a committee, positions in the seniority queue are established by lottery. Randomization ensures that queue positions are uncorrelated in expectation with other legislator characteristics within these groups. This natural experiment allows us to estimate the causal effect of seniority on a variety of career outcomes. Lower ranked committee members are less likely to serve as subcommittee chairs on their initial committee, are more likely to transfer to other committees, and have fewer sponsored bills passed in the jurisdiction of their initial committee. On the other hand, there is little evidence that the seniority randomization has a net effect on reelection outcomes or non-committee bills passed. |
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Authors:
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Michael Kellermann; Kenneth A Shepsle |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE |
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Title: Quarterly journal of political science Volume: 4 ISSN: 1554-0634 ISO Abbreviation: Quart J Polit Sci Publication Date: 2009 Jan |
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Created Date: 2009-11-5 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101514202 Medline TA: Quart J Polit Sci Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: 87-101 Citation Subset: - |
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Ph.D. candidate, Department of Government and Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University. |
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R01 AG021181-01A2//NIA NIH HHS; R01 AG021181-02//NIA NIH HHS; R01 AG021181-03//NIA NIH HHS; R01 AG021181-04//NIA NIH HHS; R01 AG021181-05//NIA NIH HHS |
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