gotv: Get Out To Vote

In soerenkuenzel/causalToolbox: Toolbox for Causal Inference with emphasize on Heterogeneous Treatment Effect Estimator

Description

This is an example data set, and it has been created by looking at a certain subset of the "Social Pressure and Voter Turnout: Evidence from a Large-Scale Field Experiment" study that tested the impact of social pressure on voter turnout. A precise description and the full data set can be found at https://isps.yale.edu/research/data/d001.

The study consists of seven key, individual-level covariates, most of which are discrete: gender, age, and whether the registered individual voted in the primary elections in 2000, 2002, and 2004 or the general elections in 2000 and 2002. The sample was restricted to voters who had voted in the 2004 general election. The outcome of interest was the turnout in the 2006 primary election, which was an indicator variable, and the treatment was whether or not the subjects were elected to receive a mailer.

Usage

gotv

Format

An object of class data.frame with 229461 rows and 9 columns.

References

• Gerber AS, Green DP, Larimer CW (2008) Social Pressure and Voter Turnout: Evidence from a Large-Scale Field Experiment. Am Polit Sci Rev 102:33–48. https://isps.yale.edu/research/publications/isps08-001

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