Klien, Michael, Melki, Mickael and Pickering, Andrew Christopher orcid.org/0000-0003-1545-2192 (2020) Voter turnout and intergenerational redistribution. Journal of comparative economics. pp. 1-23. ISSN 0147-5967
Abstract
Electoral reforms that lead to reduced turnout modify the composition of the electorate, potentially overrepresenting specific interests in policy implementation. Intergenerational redistribution tilts in favor of the elderly when they are sufficiently numerous, but in favor of the young rich otherwise. We exploit a natural experiment provided by the repeal of compulsory voting in Austrian parliamentary elections to study how exogenous turnout decline affects intergenerational redistribution through pro-young public education spending in Austrian municipalities. Empirically, education spending falls when the proportion of elderly voters exceeds 21% of the electorate, but rises when the proportion of elderly voters is below this threshold.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 Association for Comparative Economic Studies. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Economics and Related Studies (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 12 Oct 2020 14:00 |
Last Modified: | 11 Mar 2025 00:07 |
Status: | Published online |
Refereed: | Yes |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:166617 |
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