Is representative democracy good for children? You may be surprised by the answer. (Caveats: We defined representative democracy as vote-seat discrepancy in lower chambers of U.S. state legislatures, and "good for children" as the budgetary amounts of several policies affecting large numbers of families). The article is free through this link until 1/7/24: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953623007013?dgcid=author Best, Canan -- Canan Karatekin, Ph.D. Associate Professor | Institute of Child Development, 206C | icd.umn.edu University of Minnesota | umn.edu http://www.cehd.umn.edu/icd/research/KaratekinLab <http://www.cehd.umn.edu/icd/research/KaratekinLab>| 612-626-9891 <http://www.cehd.umn.edu/icd/research/KaratekinLab> To leave, manage or join list: https://listserv.yorku.ca/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=sdoh&A=1