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). 

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Best,
Canan


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Canan Karatekin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor | Institute of Child Development, 206C icd.umn.edu
University of Minnesota | umn.edu 
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