Does national service increase political participation? Regression discontinuity evidence from Teach for America

• In Event: Building Civic and Social Capital

Brief Overview

We consider the effects of an immersive, two-year national service program—Teach for America (TFA)—on rates of voter registration and turnout. We find that participating in TFS has large effects on young peoples’ rates of participation.

Authors

• John Boschen Holbein, University of Virginia

• Cecilia Hyunjung Mo, University of California, Berkeley