This paper assesses if voting for democracy affects long-term electoral participation. We study the effects of … participating in Chile's 1988 plebiscite, which determined whether democracy would be reinstated after a 15-year long military … Plebiscite eligibility (participation) significantly increased electoral turnout three decades later, reaching 1.8 (3 …

Ghana, we analyze the effects of a major participatory development program on participation in, leadership of and investment … on political participation and redistributive politics, we consider the possibility of both cross … with high expectations for the participatory approach: treatment led to increased participation in local governance and …

We establish an inverse relationship between family ties and political participation, such that the more individuals … political participation. We also show that strong family ties appear to be a substitute for generalized trust, rather than a … complement to it. These three constructs-civic engagement, political participation, and trust- are part of what is known as …

participation, party vote shares, and electoral competitiveness. Our identification strategy exploits the precise timing of these … political participation, with one additional newspaper increasing both presidential and congressional turnout by approximately 0 …

We investigate the causal impact of broadband Internet on political participation using data from Italy. We show that …, broadband fostered other forms of online and offline participation. Over time, the negative effect was reverted due to the …

survey participation, in particular the propensity of people who do volunteer work to respond to surveys at higher rates than …