From Education to Democracy?

The conventional wisdom views high levels of education as a prerequisite for democracy. This paper shows that existing evidence for this view is based on cross-sectional correlations, which disappear once we look at within-country variation. In other words, there is no evidence that countries that increase their education are more likely to become democratic

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Year of publication:	2011
Authors:	Acemoglu, Daron ; Johnson, Simon ; Robinson, James A. ; Yared, Pierre
Publisher:	[S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Bildungsniveau \| Educational achievement \| Demokratie \| Democracy

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (19 p)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments December 15, 2004 erstellt
Other identifiers:	10.2139/ssrn.668542 [DOI]
Classification:	P16 - Political Economy ; O10 - Economic Development. General
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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