How, and For Whom, Does Higher Education Increase Voting?

ABSTRACT: The college-educated are more likely to vote than are those with less education. Prior research suggests that the effect of college attendance on voting operates directly, by increasing an individual's interest and engagement in politics through social networks or human capital accumulation. College may also increase voting indirectly by leading to degree attainment and increasing socioeconomic status, thus facilitating political participation. However, few studies have empirically tested these direct and indirect pathways or examined how these effects vary across individuals. To bridge this gap, we employ a nonparametric causal mediation analysis to examine the total, direct, and indirect effects of college attendance on voting and how these effects differ across individuals with differen

SUBMITTER: Ahearn CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11392036 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature