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The Democratic Transition / Fabrice Murtin, Romain Wacziarg.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Murtin, Fabrice.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w17432.
- NBER working paper series no. w17432
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2011.
- Summary:
- Over the last two centuries, many countries experienced regime transitions toward democracy. We document this democratic transition over a long time horizon. We use historical time series of income, education and democracy levels from 1870 to 2000 to explore the economic factors associated with rising levels of democracy. We find that primary schooling, and to a weaker extent per capita income levels, are strong determinants of the quality of political institutions. We find little evidence of causality running the other way, from democracy to income or education.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- September 2011.
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