Job-switching to better employers linked to higher voter turnout

A study by researchers at Michigan, Harvard, Columbia and Maryland links employment records to voter files for 30 million workers at 377,000 employers. Workers who moved to a higher-scoring employer became 3.5 percentage points more likely to vote, according to the researchers. Those who moved from an employer at the 25th percentile to one at the 75th became 5.8 percentage points more likely to vote. The study tracked 8 million people who changed jobs to account for selection bias, and the researchers say the effects hold across political affiliations.