The Impact of population mobility on provincial turnout rates in the 2011 Turkish parliamentary election is studied … turnout and education is inverse U-shaped, and between turnout and age (including generational effects), it is U …-shaped. Immigration, emigration, large population, a large number of parliament members elected from a constituency, participation by …

A large literature has claimed that higher political participation increases welfare spending. In this paper, I review … this literature. I study the theoretical link between participation and redistributive spending. Then, I survey the … empirical literature on the link between education, income and political participation, as well as that between political …

order to re-engage voters. In this paper, we test whether the cost reductions with postal voting increase turnout. The … impact of postal voting on turnout, independent of time, issue and canton specific effects. The estimated average effect on … turnout is roughly 4.1 percentage points for an average turnout of 43 percent between 1970 and 2005. …

discriminate better between the decision and mobilisation hypotheses of electoral participation. First, theoretical considerations …

order to re-engage voters. In this paper, we test whether the cost reductions with postal voting increase turnout. The … impact of postal voting on turnout, independent of time, issue and canton specific effects. The estimated average effect on … turnout is roughly 4.1 percentage points for an average turnout of 43 percent between 1970 and 2005. …

. We find that participation rights provide more procedural utility in terms of a feeling of self-determination and … influence than actual participation. …

higher turnout, lower average education of participants, lower knowledge on the political issues they were deciding on as …

active participation in politics cannot be identified statistically in many years. By contrast, there are considerable … differences between eastern and western Germany in terms of party attachments and actual turnout in national and state elections …. The gap in turnout at national elections is not only evident over the years but is also clearly recognizable across all …

active participation in politics cannot be identified statistically in many years. By contrast, there are considerable … differences between eastern and western Germany in terms of party attachments and actual turnout in national and state elections …. The gap in turnout at national elections is not only evident over the years but is also clearly recognizable across all …

We analyze the impact of the quality of candidates running for a mayor position on turnout using a large data set on … increase in the average quality of candidates competing at the electoral race produces a positive impact on turnout. To handle … increase in the average quality of candidates, induced by a higher wage, leads to an increase in turnout by about 2 percentage …