Local Accents and Public Engagement with Local Affairs: Evidence from China

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Brief Overview

How does a person's accent influence public engagement with local affairs? Based on content and statistical analyses, particularly mixed cross-sectional data from the China Labor-force Dynamics Survey, this paper provides an answer.

Author

• Yuxin Peng, Northeastern University