Parliament as a steppingstone? Patterns of post-parliamentary careers in The Netherlands between 1967 and 2017.

IF 1.9 3区社会学 Q2 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Acta Politica Pub Date : 2023-03-03 DOI:10.1057/s41269-023-00291-w

Denny van der Vlist

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Abstract

Not much is known about Members of Parliament (MPs) after they leave parliament. This study addresses this empirical gap by analysing post-parliamentary employment in The Netherlands between 1967 and 2017. With 970 post-parliamentary careers included, it ranks among the most extensive studies into post-parliamentary career attractiveness up to date and a first inquiry into the development over time. By employing two different measures of attractiveness, this study provides two main findings: first, MPs are increasingly transferring towards a more attractive post-parliamentary career in the 50 years under study, indicating changing patterns in post-parliamentary employment opportunities. Second, by comparing the development in patterns between private and political sector post-parliamentary careers, this study finds that the increase can mainly be attributed to an increase in private sector post-parliamentary careers. Not only are MPs increasingly moving towards the private sector, but they are also increasingly able to gain a more or similar attractive private sector function as of an MP. As a result, the findings indicate substantially different career opportunities, which, in turn, could have significant implications for parliamentary democracy.

Supplementary information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1057/s41269-023-00291-w.

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议会是垫脚石吗？1967年至2017年荷兰议会后职业模式

国会议员离开议会后，人们对他们的了解并不多。本研究通过分析1967年至2017年荷兰议会后的就业情况，解决了这一经验差距。它包括970个议会后职业，是迄今为止对议会后职业吸引力最广泛的研究之一，也是对这一发展趋势的首次调查。通过采用两种不同的吸引力衡量标准，本研究提供了两个主要发现：首先，在研究的50年里，议员们越来越多地转向更有吸引力的议会后职业，这表明了议会后就业机会的变化模式。其次，通过比较私营部门和政治部门议会后职业的发展模式，本研究发现，这种增长主要归因于私营部门议会后职业的增加。国会议员不仅越来越多地转向私营部门，而且他们也越来越能够获得与国会议员更有吸引力或类似的私营部门职能。因此，调查结果显示了截然不同的职业机会，这反过来又可能对议会民主产生重大影响。补充信息：在线版本包含补充资料，获取地址为10.1057/s41269-023-00291-w。

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