Academic Journal
The Stubborn Unresponsiveness of Youth Voter Turnout to Civic Education: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from State-Mandated Civics Tests
| العنوان: | The Stubborn Unresponsiveness of Youth Voter Turnout to Civic Education: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from State-Mandated Civics Tests |
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| اللغة: | English |
| المؤلفون: | Jilli Jung (ORCID |
| المصدر: | Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. 2024 46(4):764-787. |
| الاتاحة: | SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: https://sagepub.com |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 24 |
| تاريخ النشر: | 2024 |
| Sponsoring Agency: | Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (DHHS/NIH) |
| Contract Number: | P2CHD041025 |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | High Schools Secondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Youth, Student Participation, Citizen Participation, Voting, Civics, Citizenship Education, High School Graduates, National Surveys, Standardized Tests, Outcomes of Education, Program Effectiveness, Educational Policy, Elections |
| Assessment and Survey Identifiers: | Current Population Survey |
| DOI: | 10.3102/01623737231195887 |
| تدمد: | 0162-3737 1935-1062 |
| مستخلص: | Youth voter turnout remains stubbornly low and unresponsive to civic education. Rigorous evaluations of the effects of adopting civics tests for high school graduation by some states on youth voter turnout remain limited. We estimate the impact of a recent, state-mandated civics test policy--the Civics Education Initiative (CEI)--on youth voter turnout by exploiting spatial and temporal variation in the adoption of CEI across states. Using nationally representative data from the 1996 to 2020 Current Population Survey and a difference-in-differences analysis, we find that CEI does not significantly affect youth voter turnout. Our null results, largely insensitive to a variety of alternative specifications and robustness checks, provide evidence regarding the lack of efficacy of civics test policies when it comes to youth voter participation. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2024 |
| رقم الانضمام: | EJ1452452 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | ERIC |
| تدمد: | 0162-3737 1935-1062 |
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| DOI: | 10.3102/01623737231195887 |