Demographic change and political polarization in the United States

被引：9
作者：
Boxell, Levi [1 ]
机构：
[1] Stanford Univ, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
来源：
ECONOMICS LETTERS | 2020年 / 192卷
基金：
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词：
Mass polarization; Partisan animosity; Affective polarization; Education;
D O I：
10.1016/j.econlet.2020.109187
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
I construct an index of political polarization using seven previously used measures. I estimate the relative propensity for polarization across demographic groups and examine the extent to which demographic change can explain recent trends in polarization. Assuming fixed propensities for polarization across groups, 34 percent of the change in polarization between 1984 and 2016 can be attributed to demographic change in the United States. Shifts in the educational, religious, and age compositions of the United States are the main contributing factors. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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