Abstract:Education, occupation, and income have been long considered as powerful predictors of political participation in Western societies, indicating that voices of people with different socioeconomic status are not expressed to the same extent in politics. However, whether education, occupation, and income have causal effects on political participation is questionable; as well as whether education has an absolute or relative effect on political participation. We contribute to this discussion by estimating the effect… Show more
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