We review the efficacy of three approaches to forecasting elections: econometric models that project outcomes on the …. While the evidence for economic voting has historically been weak for Australia, the 2004 election suggests an increasingly …

14,000 voters in ten Australian elections between 1966 and 2001, I explore the impact that individual, local and national … factors have on voters’ decisions. In these ten elections, the poor, foreign-born, younger voters, voters born since 1950, men …

copious corruption not only decreases incumbent support in local elections in Mexico, but also decreases voter turnout …

I explore the voting patterns of trade union members in Australian elections conducted between 1966 and 2004, and find …, unionists have not become more pro-Labor. Analysing unionists’ voting behaviour by gender, I find that male unionists were more … between union membership and voting reflects a causal relationship. …

We review the efficacy of three approaches to forecasting elections: econometric models that project outcomes on the …. While the evidence for economic voting has historically been weak for Australia, the 2004 election suggests an increasingly …

minimum altruism, in which child labor in a given family is judged relative to a specific social standard. Under this … criterion, child labor is exploitative only in families where the parent (or guardian) displays insufficient altruism towards …