governments’ policies foster this contribution across Europe. The study stresses the relevance of policies which are ‘empowering … higher education performance in education, research and economic innovation, using non-arbitrary weights and eighteen policy …, indicating a relative cohesion in Europe. Yet, substantial variations exist in terms of higher education policy in Europe, each …

inequality in determining the quality of growth-promoting institutions like rule of law. Democracy is associated with …Using cross-country data, we find evidence for a significant negative interaction effect between democracy and …

democracy disappears once including country fixed effects. This paper tests the hypothesis that the effect of income on … democracy might differ systematically across countries. A replication of the estimation in a less restrictive empirical … framework provides evidence for significant but heterogeneous effects of income on democracy for former colonies and non …

we control for more egalitarian behavior of North Koreans. North Korean refugees show less support for market economy and … democracy than South Korean subjects. Attitudes toward institutions are more strongly associated with the experimental behaviors …

democracy enhances entry rates for small sized firms but reduces them for medium or large ones. …

. We find that emigration and human capital both increase democracy and economic freedom. This implies that unskilled …

evaluate separately the impact of political institutions linked to democracy and suffrage and of those institutions more …

This paper first presents a brief historical overview of immigration in Europe. We then provide (and distinguishing … findings, and suggest directions for future research. …