Forget about voting, we are going on vacation! Examining the effect of school holidays on turnout
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14230%2F23%3A00131915" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14230/23:00131915 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://sciendo.com/article/10.2478/pce-2023-0025" target="_blank" >https://sciendo.com/article/10.2478/pce-2023-0025</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/pce-2023-0025" target="_blank" >10.2478/pce-2023-0025</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Forget about voting, we are going on vacation! Examining the effect of school holidays on turnout
Original language description
Media and politicians widely debate the relationship between holidays and political participation, but research in the field is underdeveloped. To test the impact ofholidays on election turnout, we use a natural experimental setting in general elections in Slovakia with respect to the presence of holidays near election day. More specifically, while a part of the country had no holidays, other regions either experienced holidaysfor the first time or had the holiday in a repeated manner. The results from difference‑in‑differences and OLS regressions employed in the analysis show that experiencing a holiday near election day decreases electoral turnout. However, this negative effectof holidays on turnout is found to be significant only in territories that experienced holidays for the first time, while it is absent in territories that had holidays near elections repeatedly. This finding points to a potential habituation of the electorate and the holidays’ influence in the long run. The paper thus contributes to our understanding of how different time aspects of holidays affect electoral turnout.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50601 - Political science
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Politics in Central Europe
ISSN
1801-3422
e-ISSN
1801-3422
Volume of the periodical
19
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
PL - POLAND
Number of pages
21
Pages from-to
517-537
UT code for WoS article
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85173447964