The 2017 Regional Election in Catalonia: an attempt to understand the pro-independence vote

This paper tries to unveil the main factors behind the triumph of the proindependence vote in the 2017 Regional Election in Catalonia. The empirical analysis, which is carried out at the county level and by using a spatial econometric model, reveals that geographical location matters. The estimation...

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Authors: Maza Fernández, Adolfo Jesús|||0000-0002-7299-3449, Villaverde Castro, José|||0000-0002-5393-091X, Hierro Franco, María|||0000-0002-3397-2987
Format: article
Publication Date:2019
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)
Repository:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/17802
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10902/17802
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Keyword:Catalonia
Pro-independence vote
Explanatory factors
Spatial econometrics
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spelling The 2017 Regional Election in Catalonia: an attempt to understand the pro-independence voteMaza Fernández, Adolfo Jesús|||0000-0002-7299-3449Villaverde Castro, José|||0000-0002-5393-091XHierro Franco, María|||0000-0002-3397-2987CataloniaPro-independence voteExplanatory factorsSpatial econometricsThis paper tries to unveil the main factors behind the triumph of the proindependence vote in the 2017 Regional Election in Catalonia. The empirical analysis, which is carried out at the county level and by using a spatial econometric model, reveals that geographical location matters. The estimation results also suggest that the pro-independence vote is mainly linked to the birthplace of individuals. More specifically, it shows that the independence feeling is weaker the higher the share of citizens born outside Catalonia. On the other side, young and highly educated people are more prone to independence. Additionally, it is shown that people working in the public sector are more likely to vote for a political party in favor of Catalonia remaining in Spain, while the opposite happens for those voters working in construction. Finally, the results seem to dispel some myths associated with the role played by the county’s size and level of income on the proindependence vote.SpringerUniversidad de Cantabria20192019-04-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501NAhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_be7fb7dd8ff6fe43info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://hdl.handle.net/10902/17802Economia Política, 2019, 36(1), 1-18reponame:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabriainstname:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/178022026-06-02T12:39:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The 2017 Regional Election in Catalonia: an attempt to understand the pro-independence vote
title The 2017 Regional Election in Catalonia: an attempt to understand the pro-independence vote
spellingShingle The 2017 Regional Election in Catalonia: an attempt to understand the pro-independence vote
Maza Fernández, Adolfo Jesús|||0000-0002-7299-3449
Catalonia
Pro-independence vote
Explanatory factors
Spatial econometrics
title_short The 2017 Regional Election in Catalonia: an attempt to understand the pro-independence vote
title_full The 2017 Regional Election in Catalonia: an attempt to understand the pro-independence vote
title_fullStr The 2017 Regional Election in Catalonia: an attempt to understand the pro-independence vote
title_full_unstemmed The 2017 Regional Election in Catalonia: an attempt to understand the pro-independence vote
title_sort The 2017 Regional Election in Catalonia: an attempt to understand the pro-independence vote
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Maza Fernández, Adolfo Jesús|||0000-0002-7299-3449
Villaverde Castro, José|||0000-0002-5393-091X
Hierro Franco, María|||0000-0002-3397-2987
author Maza Fernández, Adolfo Jesús|||0000-0002-7299-3449
author_facet Maza Fernández, Adolfo Jesús|||0000-0002-7299-3449
Villaverde Castro, José|||0000-0002-5393-091X
Hierro Franco, María|||0000-0002-3397-2987
author_role author
author2 Villaverde Castro, José|||0000-0002-5393-091X
Hierro Franco, María|||0000-0002-3397-2987
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidad de Cantabria
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Catalonia
Pro-independence vote
Explanatory factors
Spatial econometrics
topic Catalonia
Pro-independence vote
Explanatory factors
Spatial econometrics
description This paper tries to unveil the main factors behind the triumph of the proindependence vote in the 2017 Regional Election in Catalonia. The empirical analysis, which is carried out at the county level and by using a spatial econometric model, reveals that geographical location matters. The estimation results also suggest that the pro-independence vote is mainly linked to the birthplace of individuals. More specifically, it shows that the independence feeling is weaker the higher the share of citizens born outside Catalonia. On the other side, young and highly educated people are more prone to independence. Additionally, it is shown that people working in the public sector are more likely to vote for a political party in favor of Catalonia remaining in Spain, while the opposite happens for those voters working in construction. Finally, the results seem to dispel some myths associated with the role played by the county’s size and level of income on the proindependence vote.
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