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Immigration, Cultural Distance and Natives' Attitudes Towards Immigrants : Evidence from Swiss Voting Results

Brunner, Beatrice - 2014

We combine community-level outcomes of 27 votes about immigration issues in Switzerland with census data to estimate … anti-immigration votes, while the presence of culturally similar immigrants does not affect natives' voting behavior at all …

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Regional Variations in the Brexit Vote : Causes and Potential Consequences

Blackaby, David - 2020

There were large regional differentials in the Brexit vote. Most notably, the percentage voting to leave the EU ranged … strong influence on the probability voting leave in several English regions, including the East, North East, London and South …

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Schooling and Voter Turnout : Is There an American Exception?

Chevalier, Arnaud - 2012

education on voter turnout, such that the education gradient in voting is greater in U.S. States with the harshest … disenfranchisement legislature. As such, the observed relationship between education and voting is partly driven by the effect of …

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Youth Enfranchisement, Political Responsiveness and Education Expenditure : Evidence from the U.S

Bertocchi, Graziella - 2017

recipients by comparing higher education institutions within border-county pairs. Lastly, using individual-level data on voting …

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The Gender Recontest Gap in Elections

Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Hessami, Zohal - 2022

candidacy. Studying mechanisms, we find that women are likely held back by incompatibilities between family obligations and …

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The Impact of Incumbency on Turnout : Evidence from Italian Municipalities

De Benedetto, Marco Alberto - 2013

We analyze how having an incumbent among candidates affects electoral turnout. We use a rich data set providing information on the electoral results of Italian municipal elections over the period 1993-2011. Endogeneity issues are handled through an instrumental variable approach using the mayor...

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Persuasion and Gender : Experimental Evidence from Two Political Campaigns

Galasso, Vincenzo - 2016

This paper investigates the differential response of male and female voters to competitive persuasion in political campaigns. We implemented a survey experiment during the (mixed gender) electoral race for mayor in Milan (2011), and a field experiment during the (same gender) electoral race for...

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Gender Differences in Political Career Progression : Evidence from U.S. Elections

Brown, Ryan - 2019

compare the differential political career progression of women who closely win versus closely lose a state legislature … women, and its effect on winning a Congressional race is five times larger for men than women. These gaps emerge early in …

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Men Vote in Mars, Women Vote in Venus : A Survey Experiment in the Field

Galasso, Vincenzo - 2013

increases men's turnout, but has no effect on women. Females, however, vote more for the opponent and less for the incumbent …

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Women's Political Representation and Intimate Partner Violence

Anukriti, S; Erten, Bilge; Mukherjee, Priya - 2022

We estimate the impact of female leaders on intimate partner violence experienced by women in districts from which they … women's modern contraceptive use resulting from improvements in public provision of health services in exposed districts …

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