Voter Turnout, Information Acquisition and Education: Evidence from 15 European Countries

Francesca Borgonovi, Béatrice d'Hombres and Hoskins Bryony ()
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Hoskins Bryony: Institute of Education, University of London

The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2010, vol. 10, issue 1, 34

Abstract: This article examines the impact of education on political participation in 15 European countries. We use data from the European Social Survey and find that education is positively associated with voter turnout and information acquisition about politics and currents affairs. However, when we use exogeneous changes in compulsory schooling to instrument education, we observe a statistically significant causal relationship in the case of information acquisition but not voter turnout.

Keywords: education; voting; political participation; Europe; compulsory schooling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.2202/1935-1682.2463

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