Seminars

◈ 주   제 : Which Colleges Increase Voting Rates?

◈ 발표자 : Jonathan Isaac Smith (Georgia State University)

◈ 일   시 : 2026년 6월 17일 수요일 16:30 ~ 17:45
◈ 장   소 : 16동 654호

◈ 주   관 : 경제학부, 경제연구소 한국경제혁신센터, SSK, BK21

세미나 이전에 연사님과 개인면담을 원하시는 분은 아래 구글 스프레드시트에서 원하시는 시간에 성함을 기입해주시기 바랍니다. 개인면담 스프레드시트는 16일 오후 12시에 마감하도록 하겠습니다.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fwKtAIRI2G8B6nq94EOYRHyDE-p_r6tJ57vqmKF_6G4/edit?usp=sharing

- 본 세미나는 경제학부 BK21 관련 세미나 참석으로 인정됩니다.
 경제학부 대학원생 중 세미나 참석 인정을 받기를 원하시는 학생은 세미나 종료 후 세미나실 내에 위치한 참석 명단을 기재해 주시기 바랍니다.

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Abstract

Using millions of SAT takers linked to college enrollment and voting records, we document wide variation in voter participation across otherwise similar colleges.  We estimate over 2,600 colleges' value-added to the likelihood of voting and find that 30 percent of the observed variation across colleges is attributable to the colleges themselves. The standard deviation of these estimates ranges from 3 to 5 percentage points (6–10 percent), with almost all students in our sample attending colleges that increase their entrants’ probability of voting. These effects appear soon after enrollment, persist beyond college, and are driven by colleges creating new voters.