The limits of behavioral nudges to increase youth turnout: Experimental evidence from two French elections

Rustam Romaniuc; Andrea Guido; Pierre Baudry; Cécile Bazart; Loïc Berger; Noémi Berlin; Aurélie Bonein; Imen Bouhlel; Kene Boun My; Michela Chessa; Paolo Crosetto; Etienne Dagorn; Quentin David; Etienne Farvaque; Agnès Festré; Abel François; Lisette Ibanez; Herrade Igers- Heim; Nicolas Jacquemet; Isabelle Lebon; Mathieu Lefebvre; Olivier l'Haridon; Danlin Li; Youenn Loheac; Stéphane Luchini; Laurent Muller; Matthieu Pourieux; Sébastien Roussel; Petros Sekeris; Maïté Stephan; Eli Spiegelman; Angela Sutan; Uyanga Turmunkh; Laurence Vardaxoglou; Marc Willinger; Dimitri Dubois

The limits of behavioral nudges to increase youth turnout: Experimental evidence from two French elections

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The limits of behavioral nudges to increase youth turnout: Experimental evidence from two French elections

Rustam Romaniuc, Andrea Guido, Pierre Baudry, Cécile Bazart, Loïc Berger, Noémi Berlin, Aurélie Bonein, Imen Bouhlel, Kene Boun My, Michela Chessa, …

CEE-M Working papers ; 2024-16

30/07/2024

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There is a significant gap in turnout between young people and older voters. The failure to instill a voting habit at an early age may have long term consequences in terms of future political participation as well as on other civic behaviors. Using a pre-registered online experiment with 3,790 subjects, we implemented behavioral interventions aiming to stimulate youth turnout in the 2022 French presidential election. We also provide evidence on the effect of one behavioral intervention on youth turnout in a less salient election, the French legislative election that took place two months after the Presidential one. The results from the two experiments show the absence of any differences in turnout between the baseline and the treatment conditions. We investigate several mechanisms that can explain our results.

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Title: The limits of behavioral nudges to increase youth turnout: Experimental evidence from two French elections
Creators - without role: Rustam Romaniuc - Montpellier Business School
Andrea Guido - Lille Économie Management
Pierre Baudry - Université de Bourgogne
Cécile Bazart - Université de Montpellier, Centre d'Economie de l'Environnement - Montpellier - CEE-M
Loïc Berger - Lille Économie Management
Noémi Berlin - EconomiX
Aurélie Bonein - Centre de Recherche en Économie et Management
Imen Bouhlel - Université Côte d'Azur
Kene Boun My - Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée
Michela Chessa - Groupe de Recherche en Droit, Economie et Gestion
Paolo Crosetto - Laboratoire d'Economie Appliquée de Grenoble
Etienne Dagorn - Institut national d'études démographiques
Quentin David - Université de Lille
Etienne Farvaque - Université de Lille
Agnès Festré - Groupe de Recherche en Droit, Economie et Gestion
Abel François - Lille Économie Management
Lisette Ibanez - Université de Montpellier, Centre d'Economie de l'Environnement - Montpellier - CEE-M
Herrade Igers- Heim - Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée
Nicolas Jacquemet - Paris School of Economics
Isabelle Lebon - Centre de Recherche en Économie et Management
Mathieu Lefebvre - Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée
Olivier l'Haridon - Centre de Recherche en Économie et Management
Danlin Li
Youenn Loheac - École Supérieure de Commerce de Rennes
Stéphane Luchini - Aix-Marseille Sciences Economiques
Laurent Muller - Laboratoire d'Economie Appliquée de Grenoble
Matthieu Pourieux - Centre de Recherche en Économie et Management
Sébastien Roussel - Université de Montpellier, Centre d'Economie de l'Environnement - Montpellier - CEE-M
Petros Sekeris - Toulouse Business School
Maïté Stephan - Université de Rennes
Eli Spiegelman - Centre de Recherche sur l'ENtreprise [Dijon]
Angela Sutan - École Supérieure des Sciences Économiques et Commerciales
Uyanga Turmunkh - IÉSEG School Of Management [Puteaux]
Laurence Vardaxoglou - Paris School of Economics
Marc Willinger - Université de Montpellier, Centre d'Economie de l'Environnement - Montpellier - CEE-M
Dimitri Dubois - Université de Montpellier, Centre d'Economie de l'Environnement - Montpellier - CEE-M
Series: CEE-M Working papers ; 2024-16
Identifiers: 9934075009311
Academic Unit: Centre d'Economie de l'Environnement - Montpellier - CEE-M
Language: English
Resource Type: Working paper
Local Fields: hal-04677596