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Understanding low average returns to education in Africa : the role of heterogeneity across education levels and the importance of political and economic reforms

Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth (contributor) - 2008

Until very recently, the conventional wisdom was that the return to education was very high in Africa. However, some recent analysis point to low average returns to education in some African countries including Nigeria. Given these low returns to education, a relevant question is what causes low...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003763121

Deriving the new quantity equation : an approach for a closed and an open economy

Welfens, Paul J. J. - 2014

This theoretical contribution shows a simple way in which the quantity equation can be derived as a long-term equilibrium solution for the case of a closed economy and an open economy, respectively. It is shown first for the case of a closed economy which parameters stand behind "velocity" and...

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Does it matter how and how much politicians are paid?

Altindag, Duha Tore; Filiz, S. Elif; Tekin, Erdal - 2017

An important question in representative democracies is how to ensure that politicians behave in the best interest of citizens rather than their own private interests. Aside from elections, one of the few institutional devices available to regulate the actions of politicians is their pay...

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The electric telegraph, news coverage and political participation

Wang, Tianyi - 2023

Using newly digitized data on the growth of the telegraph network in America during 1840-1852, the paper studies the impacts of the electric telegraph on national elections. I use proximity to daily newspapers with telegraphic connections to Washington to generate plausibly exogenous variation...

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Is demonstrating against the far right worth it? : evidence from French presidential elections

Lagios, Nicolas; Méon, Pierre-Guillaume; Tojerow, Ilan - 2022

We study the electoral impact of protesting against the far right by investigating the demonstrations held during the 2002 French presidential elections against far-right candidate Jean-Marie Le Pen. Instrumenting rally attendance with rainfall while factoring in that some municipalities never...

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Within and between gender disparities in income and education benefits from democracy

Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth (contributor) - 2007

There is data evidence that welfare has improved post democracy in Nigeria. However, the distribution or concentration of the benefits in subgroups of the population is unknown. In this paper, the question of differential welfare impacts, across and within gender, post democracy in Nigeria is...

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Consensual and conflictual democratization

Cervellati, Matteo (contributor); … - 2006

We study the process of endogenous democratization from inefficient oligarchic systems in an economy where … the conditions under which democratization initially takes place. The political regime and the extent of redistribution … theoretical predictions. -- democratization ; oligarchy ; conflict ; consensual democracy ; inequality ; commitment …

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Trade, peace and democracy : an analysis of dyadic dispute

Polachek, Solomon W. (contributor); … - 2006

At least since 1750 when Baron de Montesquieu declared "peace is the natural effect of trade," a number of economists and political scientists espoused the notion that trade among nations leads to peace. Employing resources wisely to produce one commodity rather than employing them inefficiently...

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Volunteering and the state

Hackl, Franz; Halla, Martin; Pruckner, Gerald J. - 2009

(consensual crowding out). And finally, the more a government supports democratization, the lower is the individual's engagement … consensus ; democratization …

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Financial liberalization and democracy : the role of reform reversals

Campos, Nauro; Coricelli, Fabrizio - 2009

possibility of a nonlinear relationship and the role of reversals remain largely neglected. Focusing on democratization and …

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