We perform an empirical analysis to investigate how neighborhood heterogeneity affects electoral turnout. To this end, we rely on a unique dataset on local elections in an Italian municipality, which merges information on socio-economic characteristics of about 370.000 individuals with turnout data for 434 electoral precincts in 2004 and 2009. Exploiting both across and within precincts variation, we are able to disentangle the contextual effects on precinct-level electoral turnout of two different dimensions of neighborhood heterogeneity: income inequality and ethnic composition. Our results support the idea that contextual heterogeneity negatively affects political participation.

Bellettini, G., Berti Ceroni, C., Monfardini, C. (2016). Neighborhood heterogeneity and electoral turnout. ELECTORAL STUDIES, 42, 146-156 [10.1016/j.electstud.2016.02.013].

Neighborhood heterogeneity and electoral turnout

BELLETTINI, GIORGIO;BERTI CERONI, CARLOTTA;MONFARDINI, CHIARA
2016

Abstract

We perform an empirical analysis to investigate how neighborhood heterogeneity affects electoral turnout. To this end, we rely on a unique dataset on local elections in an Italian municipality, which merges information on socio-economic characteristics of about 370.000 individuals with turnout data for 434 electoral precincts in 2004 and 2009. Exploiting both across and within precincts variation, we are able to disentangle the contextual effects on precinct-level electoral turnout of two different dimensions of neighborhood heterogeneity: income inequality and ethnic composition. Our results support the idea that contextual heterogeneity negatively affects political participation.
2016
Bellettini, G., Berti Ceroni, C., Monfardini, C. (2016). Neighborhood heterogeneity and electoral turnout. ELECTORAL STUDIES, 42, 146-156 [10.1016/j.electstud.2016.02.013].
Bellettini, Giorgio; Berti Ceroni, Carlotta; Monfardini, Chiara
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