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This article analyzes the impact of a local broadband expansion policy on electoral turnout and party vote share. We exploit a unique policy intervention involving staged broadband infrastructure installation across rural municipalities in the Province of Trento (Italy), thus generating a source of exogenous (spatial and temporal) variation in the provision of advanced broadband technology (ADSL2+). Using a difference-in-differences strategy, we find positive effects of broadband availability on overall electoral turnout at national parliamentary elections. Party vote share analysis shows significant shifts across the ideological spectrum. These shifts, however, are likely transitory rather than persistent. Placebo estimations support a causal interpretation of our results. We provide further evidence that broadband availability is linked to actual adoption in that the broadband policy increased overall Internet and broadband take-up among private households.

This article analyzes the impact of a local broadband expansion policy on electoral turnout and party vote share. We exploit a unique policy intervention involving staged broadband infrastructure installation across rural municipalities in the Province of Trento (Italy), thus generating a source of exogenous (spatial and temporal) variation in the provision of advanced broadband technology (ADSL2+). Using a difference-in-differences strategy, we find positive effects of broadband availability on overall electoral turnout at national parliamentary elections. Party vote share analysis shows significant shifts across the ideological spectrum. These shifts, however, are likely transitory rather than persistent. Placebo estimations support a causal interpretation of our results. We provide further evidence that broadband availability is linked to actual adoption in that the broadband policy increased overall Internet and broadband take-up among private households.

La customizzazione degli interventi di politica attiva è al centro del dibattito scientifico e politico. In particolare, vi è molto interesse nel capire se esistono modelli efficaci per il reinserimento dei cosiddetti disoccupati fragili. In questo articolo, si discutono gli esiti di una politica attiva del lavoro co-progettata realizzata nel Novarese, rivolta a disoccupati fragili beneficiari di 'buono spesa'. L'analisi evidenzia le peculiarità dell'approccio e ne discute gli esiti anche in relazione a fattori interni all'organizzazione ed esterni, incidenti sui medesimi. I risultati possono essere di interesse per policy maker interessati a realizzare interventi su target fragili.