Employment, Wages, and Voter Turnout
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Using county-level data across several decades, and various OLS and TSLS models, we find that higher local wages and employment lower turnout in elections for governor, senator, US Congress and state House of Representatives, but have no effect on presidential turnout. We also find that the share of people voting in one election but not in another on the same ballot increases as local labor market conditions improve. We argue that these results are most consistent with information-based models of voting, and use individual level panel data to show that increased employment lowers media usage and political knowledge. (JEL D72, D83, J22, J31, R23)
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US counties with lower growth of employment and wages experience greater electoral turnout.
“Charles and Stephens (2013) shows that US counties with lower growth of employment and wages experience greater electoral turnout.”
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- Authors
- Charles, K. K., & Stephens, M.
- Affiliations
- National Bureau of Economic Research (US)
- Venue
- American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
- Publisher
- American Economic Association
- Published
- 2013-10-01
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 111-143
- ISSN
- 1945-7782 (ISSN-L)
- 1945-7790
- OpenAlex
- W2021811722
- Cited by
- 93
- References
- 60
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 21 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 9 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 39.44
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.aeaweb.org
- Locations
- American Economic Journal Applied Economics (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Electoral Systems and Political Participation
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Labor market dynamics and wage inequality
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Media Influence and Politics
- Keywords
- voter turnout, local wages, employment, labor market conditions, political knowledge, media use, presidential elections, state elections
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