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Are People More Inclined to Vote at 16 than at 18? Evidence for the First-Time Voting Boost Among 16- to 25-Year-Olds in Austria

Potential consequences of lowering voting age to 16 have been discussed in recent scientific and public debates. This article examines turnout of young voters aged 16 to 17 in Austria, the first European country that lowered the general voting age to 16. For this purpose we use unique data taken fro...

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Autores principales: Zeglovits, Eva, Aichholzer, Julian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Routledge 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4864896/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27226806
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17457289.2013.872652