The decision to conduct new research on the issue - which will be undertaken by two academics from the University of Huddersfield and University of Liverpool - comes amid growing calls for 16- and 17-year-olds to be given the vote.
Both Labour and the Liberal Democrats have said they would lower the voting age, although Prime Minister Theresa May has so far ruled out changing the law.
The research is being paid for with a £120,000 grant from the Leverhulme Trust.
The two academics conducting the research - Dr Andrew Mycock of the University of Huddersfield and Professor Jonathan Tonge of the University of Liverpool - were both previously part of the Youth Citizenship Commission in 2008, which recommended that the voting age should remain at 18.
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