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An Inquiry into the Contemporary Differential between Female and Male Voter Turnouts

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  • Richard Cebula
  • Holly Meads

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This study seeks to identify contemporary factors that systematically explain the difference in the ratio of the female-to-male voter participation rates, FVPR/MVPR, and the difference between the female and male voter participation rate levels, FVPR−MVPR, in the U.S. Using state-level data form the 2004 Presidential election, it is found that both FVPR/MVPR and FVPR−MVPR are an increasing function of the gender-specific unemployment rates, median earnings, educational attainment levels, population age 65 and over, and the presence of a female governor in the state and a decreasing function of the gender-specific divorce rates. Copyright International Atlantic Economic Society 2008

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  • Richard Cebula & Holly Meads, 2008. "An Inquiry into the Contemporary Differential between Female and Male Voter Turnouts," Atlantic Economic Journal, Springer;International Atlantic Economic Society, vol. 36(3), pages 301-313, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:atlecj:v:36:y:2008:i:3:p:301-313
    DOI: 10.1007/s11293-008-9133-y
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    Male voter turnout; Female voter turnout; D70; D72;
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    • D70 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - General
    • D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior

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