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This article analyzes a rich Swedish data set with information on the electoral turnout of a large sample of adoptees, their siblings, their adoptive parents, and their biological parents. We use a simple regression framework to decompose the parent-child resemblance in voting into pre-birth factors, measured by biological parents' voting, and post-birth factors, measured by adoptive parents' voting. Adoptees are more likely to vote if their biological parents were voters and if they were assigned to families in which the adoptive parents vote. We find evidence of interactions between the pre- and post-birth factors: the effect of the post-birth environment on turnout is greater amongst adoptees whose biological mothers are nonvoters. We also show that the relationships between parental characteristics, such as education, and child turnout, persist even in the absence of a genetic link between parent and child. The regression-based framework we utilize provides a basis for the integration of behavior-genetic research into mainstream political science.

This article analyzes a rich Swedish data set with information on the electoral turnout of a largesample of adoptees, their siblings, their adoptive parents, and their biological parents. We use asimple regression framework to decompose the parent-child resemblance in voting into pre-birthfactors, measured by biological parents' voting, and post-birth factors, measured by adoptive parents'voting. Adoptees are more likely to vote if their biological parents were voters and if they were assignedto families in which the adoptive parents vote. We find evidence of interactions between the pre- andpost-birth factors: the effect of the post-birth environment on turnout is greater amongst adoptees whosebiological mothers are nonvoters. We also show that the relationships between parental characteristics,such as education, and child turnout, persist even in the absence of a genetic link between parent andchild. The regression-based framework we utilize provides a basis for the integration of behavior-geneticresearch into mainstream political science. ; Nature, nurture and political attitudes and behavior

We study the effect of wealth on labor supply using the randomized assignment of monetary prizes in a large sample of Swedish lottery players. Winning a lottery prize modestly reduces earnings, with the reduction being immediate, persistent, and quite similar by age, education, and sex. A calibrated dynamic model implies lifetime marginal propensities to earn out of unearned income from −0.17 at age 20 to −0.04 at age 60, and labor supply elasticities in the lower range of previously reported estimates. The earnings response is stronger for winners than their spouses, which is inconsistent with unitary household labor supply models. (JEL D14, J22, J31)