Career Ambitions and Legislative Participation: The Moderating Effect of Electoral Institutions
<|begin_of_text|><|start_header_id|>system<|end_header_id|> You are a research archivist expert in dataset metadata. Answer the question truthfully.  <|eot_id|><|start_header_id|>user<|end_header_id|> Here is the Description of a dataset. Description:' What motivates politicians to engage in legislative activities? In multi-level systems politicians may be incentivized by ambitions to advance their careers either at the state or federal level.  We argue that the design of the electoral institutions influences how politicians respond to these incentives. Analyzing a unique dataset of both `stated' and `realized' career ambitions of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) we find that those who seek to move from the European to the national (state) level participate less in legislative activities than those who plan to stay at the European (federal) level. For MEPs who aim to move to the state level, attendance and participation in legislative activities is substantively lower amongst legislators from candidate-centered systems. Importantly, the effect of career ambitions on legislat' . Please return only a json list of at most 3 Keywords corresponding to the Description:.<|eot_id|><|start_header_id|>assistant<|end_header_id|> {"Answer" : ["Ambition, Careers, Legislative Participation, Electoral Systems, European Parliament"]} <|eot_id|>
 Here is the Description of a dataset. Description:' What motivates politicians to engage in legislative activities? In multi-level systems politicians may be incentivized by ambitions to advance their careers either at the state or federal level.  We argue that the design of the electoral institutions influences how politicians respond to these incentives. Analyzing a unique dataset of both `stated' and `realized' career ambitions of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) we find that those who seek to move from the European to the national (state) level participate less in legislative activities than those who plan to stay at the European (federal) level. For MEPs who aim to move to the state level, attendance and participation in legislative activities is substantively lower amongst legislators from candidate-centered systems. Importantly, the effect of career ambitions on legislat' . Please return only a json list of at most 3 Keywords corresponding to the Description:.
 What motivates politicians to engage in legislative activities? In multi-level systems politicians may be incentivized by ambitions to advance their careers either at the state or federal level.  We argue that the design of the electoral institutions influences how politicians respond to these incentives. Analyzing a unique dataset of both `stated' and `realized' career ambitions of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) we find that those who seek to move from the European to the national (state) level participate less in legislative activities than those who plan to stay at the European (federal) level. For MEPs who aim to move to the state level, attendance and participation in legislative activities is substantively lower amongst legislators from candidate-centered systems. Importantly, the effect of career ambitions on legislat
Ambition, Careers, Legislative Participation, Electoral Systems, European Parliament