American Politics Speaker Series: The Electoral Power of Public Employees

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You’re invited to join Vladimir Kogan, Professor of Political Science at Ohio State University, for an American Politics Speaker Series discussion sponsored by the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation and the Center for American Political Studies. Registration is encouraged but not required. This event series will not be recorded. This event is open to Harvard ID holders only. Lunch will be served. Abstract Government employees vote at unusually high rates, but whether such employment is the cause or consequence of civic engagement has long been contested. We offer new evidence on this question using administrative data on school employees linked to voter files. Leveraging variation in the timing and nature of individuals’ transitions into education empl…

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