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Political Party & Unemployment. Econ 240A Professor Llad Phillips. Group 5: Richard Baker, Michael Jelmini, Kenneth Morino, Cambria Price, You Ren, James Young. Why? Upcoming graduation Recent recession Recent increase in unemployment What?
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Political Party & Unemployment Econ 240A Professor Llad Phillips Group 5: Richard Baker, Michael Jelmini, Kenneth Morino, Cambria Price, You Ren, James Young
Why? Upcoming graduation Recent recession Recent increase in unemployment What? Is there a correlation between unemployment and presidential party affiliation? How? Time series data of national unemployment rate Bernoulli distribution of party affiliation Objective
H0 : When a republican is in presidential office, the unemployment rate is higher than when a democrat is in office. Ha : There is no correlation between the political affiliation of the president and the unemployment rate. Hypothesis
Unemployment Data from 1947-2002 -Bureau of Labor Statistics http://stats.bls.gov Presidential Party Affiliations -The White House http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents Collected Data
Problem: LPM not constrained within 0<P(x)<1 Solution: model with Probit! Linear Probability Model Analysis
Is there an unemployment rate overlap due to previous presidential party affiliation? If so, how much overlap? 1 year 2 years Will these models produce a better/worse correlation? Further Analysis
One Year Forward Lag Before After
Two Year Forward Lag Before After
A significant correlation between unemployment rate and political party affiliation was discovered A stronger correlation was found when applying a one year lag, and to a lesser degree, a two year lag, on this relationship Overall, we conclude from our data that unemployment is significantly greater when a Republican president is in office when compared to a Democrat Conclusions