Education and Political Participation: Exploring the Causal Link

被引：112
作者：
Berinsky, Adam J. [1 ]
Lenz, Gabriel S. [1 ]
机构：
[1] MIT, Dept Polit Sci, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
来源：
POLITICAL BEHAVIOR | 2011年 / 33卷 / 03期
关键词：
Turnout; Voting; Education; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES; VOTER TURNOUT; VIETNAM-WAR; DRAFT; COLLEGE; SMOKING;
D O I：
10.1007/s11109-010-9134-9
中图分类号：
D0 [政治学、政治理论];
学科分类号：
0302 ; 030201 ;
摘要：
One of the most consistently documented relationships in the field of political behavior is the close association between educational attainment and political participation. Although most research assumes that this association arises because education causes participation, it could also arise because education proxies for the factors that lead to political engagement: the kinds of people who participate in politics may be the kinds of people who tend to stay in school. To test for a causal effect of education, we exploit the rise in education levels among males induced by the Vietnam draft. We find little reliable evidence that education induced by the draft significantly increases participation rates.
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页码：357 / 373
页数：17
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