Book/Printed Material Economic outcomes and the decision to vote the effect of randomized school admissions on voter participation

Title

• Economic outcomes and the decision to vote the effect of randomized school admissions on voter participation

Summary

• "We provide empirical evidence on the determinants of voter turnout using the random assignment of economic outcomes to potential voters generated by a school choice lottery. This is the first paper to use random assignment of real outcomes resulting from a policy experiment to understand the factors that influence voter turnout. We show that school lottery losers are significantly more likely to vote in the ensuing school board election than lottery winners. The asymmetric effect increases with income and past election participation. The results support a model of 'expressive' voting where negative economic outcomes increase the probability of voting. Such results may account for loss minimizing behavior by public officials, particularly for voters in middle and higher income neighborhoods"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.

Names

• Hastings, Justine S.
• National Bureau of Economic Research

Created / Published

• Cambridge, MA : National Bureau of Economic Research, c2005.

Headings

• -  School choice--North Carolina--Charlotte
• -  Voting--Economic aspects--North Carolina--Charlotte

Notes

• -  Title from PDF file as viewed on 12/13/2005.
• -  Includes bibliographical references.
• -  Also available in print.
• -  Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• -  System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Call Number/Physical Location

• HB1

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2005620595
• http://papers.nber.org/papers/w11794 External

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2005620595

Access Advisory

• Unrestricted online access

Online Format

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• pdf

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2005620595

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