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Birth Order and Vot...
Birth Order and Voter Turnout
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- Bratsberg, Bernt (author)
- The Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research, Oslo, Norway
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- Dawes, Christopher T. (author)
- Wilf Family Department of Politics, New York University, New York, United States
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- Kotsadam, Andreas (author)
- The Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research, Oslo, Norway
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- Lindgren, Karl-Oskar, 1976- (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Statsvetenskapliga institutionen,Uppsala universitet, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Öhrvall, Richard, 1975- (author)
- Linköpings universitet,Centrum för kommunstrategiska studier,Statsvetenskap,Filosofiska fakulteten,Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN)
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- Oskarsson, Sven, 1971- (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Statsvetenskapliga institutionen,Uppsala universitet, Sweden
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- Raaum, Oddbjørn (author)
- The Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research, Oslo, Norway
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- Cambridge University Press, 2022
- 2022
- English.
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In: British Journal of Political Science. - : Cambridge University Press. - 0007-1234 .- 1469-2112. ; 52:1, s. 475-482
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- Previous studies have stressed the role of a child's family environment for future political participation. This field of research has, however, overlooked that children within the same family have different experiences depending on their birth order. First-borns spend their first years of life without having to compete over their parents' attention and resources, while their younger siblings are born into potential rivalry. We examine differences in turnout depending on birth order, using unique population-wide individual level register data from Sweden and Norway that enables precise within-family estimates. We consistently find that higher birth order entails lower turnout, and that the turnout differential with respect to birth order is stronger when turnout is lower. The link between birth order and turnout holds when we use data from four other, non-Nordic countries. This birth order effect appears to be partly mediated by socio-economic position and attitudinal predispositions.
Subject headings
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Statsvetenskap -- Statsvetenskap (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Political Science -- Political Science (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- voter turnout
- birth order
- political socialization
- family size
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- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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