TY - JOUR
T1 - Electoral turnout and state redistribution
T2 - A cross-national study of fourteen developed countries
AU - Mahler, Vincent A.
AU - Jesuit, David K.
AU - Paradowski, Piotr R.
PY - 2014/6
Y1 - 2014/6
N2 - This study explores the relationship between electoral participation and income redistribution by way of social transfers, using data from the European Social Survey, the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems, and the Luxembourg Income Study. It extends previous research by measuring the income skew of turnout rather than using average turnout as a proxy for its income bias. We find that, controlling for a number of other variables, the income skew of turnout is negatively related to transfer redistribution and that electoral participation by those in poverty is positively associated with redistribution in their favor.
AB - This study explores the relationship between electoral participation and income redistribution by way of social transfers, using data from the European Social Survey, the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems, and the Luxembourg Income Study. It extends previous research by measuring the income skew of turnout rather than using average turnout as a proxy for its income bias. We find that, controlling for a number of other variables, the income skew of turnout is negatively related to transfer redistribution and that electoral participation by those in poverty is positively associated with redistribution in their favor.
KW - Developed democracies
KW - Electoral turnout
KW - Income redistribution
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84905089520&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1065912913509306
DO - 10.1177/1065912913509306
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84905089520
SN - 1065-9129
VL - 67
SP - 361
EP - 373
JO - Political Research Quarterly
JF - Political Research Quarterly
IS - 2
ER -