Education and Political Participation: Exploring the Causal Link

Political Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 357-373

  Berinsky, Adam J ^a   Lenz, Gabriel S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Turnout; Voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051811155     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11109-010-9134-9     Document Type: Article

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