How Inequality Shapes Political Participation: The Role of Spatial Patterns of Political Competition

Francesc Amat, Pablo Beramendi, Miriam Hortas-Rico and Vicente Rios

No 2023-08, Working Papers from FEDEA

Abstract: This study investigates how economic inequality shapes political participation and to what extent this relationship is moderated by political competition. In the case of Spain, the link between income inequality and turnout is negative, as expected, but rather weak, suggesting that local turnout rates do not depend exclusively on income inequality levels. We develop a theoretical model linking inequality, political competition and turnout. To test the validity of the theoretical model we derive a novel data set of inequality metrics for a sample of municipalities over the five local elections that took place between 2003 and 2019 and specify a spatial dynamic panel data model that allows us to account for serial dependence, unobserved spatial heterogeneity and spatial dependence.

Date: 2023-10
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