Forget about voting, we are going on vacation! Examining the effect of school holidays on turnout

Kód výsledku v 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>

Výsledek na webu

<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>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Forget about voting, we are going on vacation! Examining the effect of school holidays on turnout

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Forget about voting, we are going on vacation! Examining the effect of school holidays on turnout

Popis výsledku anglicky

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.

Druh

J_SC - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50601 - Political science

Projekt

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Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Politics in Central Europe

ISSN

1801-3422

e-ISSN

1801-3422

Svazek periodika

19

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

3

Stát vydavatele periodika

PL - Polská republika

Počet stran výsledku

21

Strana od-do

517-537

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85173447964