Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/181328 
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Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 7128
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
A large literature has claimed that higher political participation increases welfare spending. In this paper, I review this literature. I study the theoretical link between participation and redistributive spending. Then, I survey the empirical literature on the link between education, income and political participation, as well as that between political participation and redistribution.
Subjects: 
political participation
turnout
welfare spending
JEL: 
D72
H53
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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