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Inequality and voting in fragile countries: Evidence from Mozambique
Bove, Margherita; Egger, Eva-Maria; Jones, Sam; … - 2024
economic inequality affects voting and other forms of political participation. This evidence is largely driven by advanced … initial theoretical predictions, we find evidence for a positive association between voter turnout and inequality in rural …. In line with prior theoretical expectations, we find a negative association between inequality and voting for the …
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The political participation of Africa's youth: Turnout, partisanship, and protest
Resnick, Danielle; Casale, Daniela - 2011
key outcome variables: voter turnout in last elections, closeness to political party; and participation in protests. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280251
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Does the African middle class defend democracy? Evidence from Kenya
Cheeseman, Nic - 2014
Barrington Moore's famous line 'no bourgeoisie, no democracy' is one of the most quoted claims in political science. But has the rise of the African middle class promoted democratic consolidation? This paper uses the case of Kenya to investigate the attitudes and behaviours of the middle class....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010420589
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Beyond electoral democracy: Foreign aid and the challenge of deepening democracy in Benin
Gazibo, Mamoudou - 2012
In the 1990s, analysts were almost unanimous in considering Benin to be one of the most important aid recipients among the newly democratizing African countries. After more than two decades of democratic practice, the country has clearly completed the phase of democratic transition. In this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319948
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Moral reputation and political selection in a decentralized democracy: Theory and evidence from India
Banerjee, Prasenjit; Iversen, Vegard; Mitra, Sandip; … - 2020
What motivates individuals to become politicians? This is an important question in decentralized democracies, where local politicians play a key role in public goods provision. However, and in emerging economies, bureaucratic hurdles and administrative failures introduce uncertainty about the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012424013
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Racial bias and the validity of the Implicit Association Test
Lee, Daniel J. - 2016
Implicit associations and biases are carried without awareness of conscious direction. In this paper, I develop a model to study giving behaviours under conditions of implicit bias. I test this model by implementing a novel laboratory experiment - a Dictator Game with sorting to study both these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011532379
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Politicians and their promises in an uncertain world: Evidence from a lab-in-the-field experiment in India
Banerjee, Prasenjit; Iversen, Vegard; Mitra, Sandip; … - 2019
In emerging economies, pro-social policy outcomes may be prevented by bureaucratic inefficiency, capture by elected or non-elected office holders, or by other hurdles. For local citizens, uncertainty about the true cause of such failures often prevails. We study the pro-sociality of politicians'...
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Determinants of foreign aid in family planning: How relevant is the Mexico City Policy?
Asiedu, Elizabeth; Nanivazo, Malokele; Nkusu, Mwanza - 2013
The Mexico City Policy (MCP) prohibits the United States Agency for International Development from providing aid to international non-governmental organizations that provide abortion-related services. This paper employs a panel data of 151 developing countries over the period of 1988 - 2010, to...
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Human capital inequality and electoral outcomes in South Africa
Bedasso, Biniam; Obikili, Nonso - 2016
This paper examines the nature and evolution of horizontal and vertical human-capital inequality in South Africa since the end of apartheid. Using census data from 1996, 2001, and 2011, we use different measures of years of schooling to examine the dynamics both across and within racial,...
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Taxation, social protection, and governance decentralization
Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2016
Governments do not have perfect information regarding constituent priorities and needs. This lack of knowledge opens the door for groups to lobby in order to affect the government's taxation levels. We examine the political economy of decentralized revenue-raising authority in light of social...
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