Estimating the Impact of Education on Political Participation: Evidence from Monozygotic Twins in the United States, Denmark and Sweden

Dinesen, Peter ThistedUniv Copenhagen, Dept Polit Sci, Oster Farimagsgade 5, DK-1353 Copenhagen K, Denmark.,University of Copenhagen (author)

Estimating the Impact of Education on Political Participation : Evidence from Monozygotic Twins in the United States, Denmark and Sweden

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In this study we provide new evidence on the much-discussed effect of education on political participation by utilizing the quasi-experiment of twinning. By looking at the relationship between education and participation within monozygotic (MZ) twin pairs we are able to circumvent traditional sources of confounding of the relationship rooted in genes and early life family environment because MZ twins share both. The results of within-twin pair analyses based on surveys from the United States, Denmark and Sweden show that while the relationship between education and political participation is highly confounded by genes and/or familial environment in all three countries, a positive impact remains of years of education in the US and of high school completion in Denmark. No effect is found in Sweden. Robustness checks suggest that the observed effect is not confounded by within-twin pair differences in prenatal environment nor differential treatment during childhood, and, if anything, that it most likely constitutes a lower bound estimate.

Dawes, Christopher T.NYU, Wilf Family Dept Polit, New York, NY USA.,Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US) (author)
Johannesson, MagnusStockholm School of Economics,Handelshögskolan i Stockholm(Swepub:hhs)198@hhs.se (author)
Klemmensen, RobertUniv Southern Denmark, Dept Polit Sci, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark.,University of Southern Denmark (author)
Magnusson, PatrikKarolinska Institutet,Karolinska Institutet (SE) (author)
Norgaard, Asbjorn SonneUniv Southern Denmark, Dept Polit Sci, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark.,University of Southern Denmark (author)
Petersen, IngeUniv Southern Denmark, Dept Publ Hlth, Danish Twin Registry, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark. (author)
Oskarsson, SvenUppsala universitet,Statsvetenskapliga institutionen,Uppsala University (SE)(Swepub:uu)sos20331 (author)
Petersen, Bruce CWashington University (US) (author)
Univ Copenhagen, Dept Polit Sci, Oster Farimagsgade 5, DK-1353 Copenhagen K, Denmark.University of Copenhagen (creator_code:org_t)

In:Political Behavior: Springer Science and Business Media LLC38:3, s. 579-6010190-93201573-6687

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By the university: Uppsala University; Karolinska Institutet; Stockholm School of Economics

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