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

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Alessia Russo, BI Norwegian Business School; Francesco Lancia, University of Salerno; Arcangelo Dimico, Queens' University Belfast; Graziella Bertocchi, University of Modena and Reggio-Emilia

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Project Citation:

Russo, Alessia, Lancia, Francesco, Dimico, Arcangelo, and Bertocchi, Graziella. Replication Data for: Youth Enfranchisement, Political Responsiveness, and Education Expenditure: Evidence from the U.S. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2020. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2020-07-23. https://doi.org/10.3886/E112082V1

Project Description

Summary: We examine the link between the political participation of the young and fiscal policies in the U.S. We generate exogenous variation in participation using the passage of preregistration laws, which allow the young to register before being eligible to vote. After documenting that preregistration promotes youth enfranchisement, we show that preregistration shifts state government spending toward higher education, the type of spending for which the young have the strongest preference. A 1% increase in youth voter turnout generates a 0.77% increase in higher education spending. The results collectively suggest political responsiveness to the needs of the newly enfranchised constituency.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: Higher Education Expenditure; Political Responsiveness; Voter Turnout; Youth Enfranchisement; Preregistration

JEL Classification:
      D72 Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
      H52 National Government Expenditures and Education
      P16 Capitalist Systems: Political Economy

Geographic Coverage: United States of America

Time Period(s): 1980 – 2014

Data Type(s): aggregate data; census/enumeration data; geographic information system (GIS) data; survey data

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