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100			_aKaplan, E., Saltiel, F. and Urzua, S. _945738
245			_aVoting for democracy: Chile's plebiscito and the electoral participation of a generation
260			_aAmerican Economic Journal: Economic Policy
300			_a15(3), Aug, 2023: p.438-464
520			_aThis paper assesses the long-term consequences of voting for democracy. We study Chile's 1988 plebiscite, which ended 15 years of dictatorship and reestablished democracy. Taking advantage of individual-level voting data, we implement an age-based regression discontinuity design comparing long-run registration and turnout rates across marginally eligible and ineligible individuals. We find plebiscite eligibility increased electoral turnout three decades later. The magnitude of the initial mobilization emerges as the mechanism. Plebiscite eligibility induced a sizable share of less-educated voters to register compared to other upstream elections. The event contributed to the emergence of one-party rule the 20 years following democratization.- Reproduced https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/pol.20210338
650			_aVoting, Democracy, Chile, Plebiscito, Electoral participation _945739
773			_aAmerican Economic Journal: Economic Policy
906			_aELECTION
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