Height, Income and Voting
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Height, Income and Voting
At the core of political economy theory is the claim that income drives political preferences, yet empirical estimates of income’s effect on political behavior range widely. Drawing from a tradition in economic history and anthropology, we propose the use of height as a proxy for economic well-being. Using data from the British Household Panel Study, we find that taller individuals are more lik...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Political Science
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0007-1234,1469-2112
DOI: 10.1017/s0007123416000211