@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp18346,
            	author={Sandholtz, Wayne Aaron},
            	title={The Politics of Public Service Reform},
            	year={2025},
	month={Dec},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={18346},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp18346},
	abstract={This paper provides experimental evidence on the electoral effect of a large education reform in a developing democracy. The reform significantly improved school quality on many dimensions (Romero, Sandefur, & Sandholtz, 2020). In this paper, I show that the reform reduced the incumbent party's pres- idential vote share by 2.1 percentage points (5%). The reform also reduced teachers' job satisfaction, support for the incumbent government, and political engagement. Electoral effects were positively correlated with effects on teachers' political engagement; the reform lost most votes where it caused greatest political disengagement of teachers.},
	keywords={randomized controlled trial;elections;policy feedback;political economy;public service delivery;development;education;Liberia},
            }