The Higher the Better? A Comparative Analysis of Socio-Demographic Characteristics and Human Capital of German Federal Government Members
Zusammenfassung
Are the highest politicians better qualified than their peers? In this article, we analyze differences between chancellors, vice chancellors, and ministers of the inner or residual cabinets of the German federal governments between 1949 and 2009 with respect to their social backgrounds and educational, economic, as well as political human capital. Different statistical methods reveal no clear primacy of chancellors or vice chancellors over other members of government. Interestingly, inner cabinets have higher qualifications than residual cabinets, as well as partly chancellors and vice chancellors.
Schlüsselwörter
German federal government; human capital; leaders; politicians; sociodemographic characteristics
Zitieren als
Scharfenkamp, K., Dilger, A., & , (2014). The Higher the Better? A Comparative Analysis of Socio-Demographic Characteristics and Human Capital of German Federal Government Members. German Politics and Society, 32(4), 21–38.Details
Publikationstyp
Forschungsartikel (Zeitschrift)
Begutachtet
Ja
Publikationsstatus
Veröffentlicht
Jahr
2014
Fachzeitschrift
German Politics and Society
Band
32
Ausgabe
4
Erste Seite
21
Letzte Seite
38
Sprache
Englisch
ISSN
1045-0300
DOI
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