Voting, education, and the Great Gatsby Curve

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• 作者：Christopher Rauh ^{cr542@cam.ac.uk}
• 关键词：Inequality ; Intergenerational mobility ; Political economy ; Education ; Great Gatsby Curve ; Voting
• 刊名：Journal of Public Economics
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：146
• 期：Complete
• 页码：1-14
• 全文大小：662 K
• 卷排序：146

文摘

Inequality and public education expenditure are negatively related across countries. Bias in voter turnout towards elderly and educated varies a lot across countries. Voter turnout can explain differences in intergenerational mobility and inequality. Compulsory voting could foster intergenerational mobility. Inequality and intergenerational mobility do not seem to be causally related.