Youth Turnout in Presidential Elections: Machine Learning Predictions and a Randomized Controlled Trial

• In Event: Youth and College Voters

Brief Overview

We use machine learning and a field experiment to examine youth turnout in a developing country's presidential election. We use data on turnout, cognitive-skills, socioeconomics-status and geocoded-distance to polling stations.

Authors

• Sebastian Gallegos, Universidad Adolfo Ibanez

• Cristian Herrera, Universidad Adolfo Ibanez