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The purpose of this study is to assess the nexus between intelligence (or human capital) and statistical capacity in … statistics in developing countries and (ii) an evolving stream of literature on knowledge economy. We have established a positive … association between intelligence quotient (IQ) and statistical capacity. The relationship is: (i) consistent with the employment …
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Is human capital a robust predictor of good institutions? Using a new institutional quality measure, the International Property Rights Index (IPRI), we find that cognitive skill measures are significant, robust, and large in magnitude. We use two databases of cognitive skills: estimates of...
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This study assesses the relationship between tribalism (the tribalism index) and government effectiveness (per the World Bank) in 60 countries using cross-sectional data. This study finds that countries with high tribal populations generally enjoy bad governance in terms of government...
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This study assesses the relationship between tribalism (the tribalism index) and government effectiveness (per the World Bank) in 65 countries using cross-sectional data averages from 2000-2010. This study finds that countries with high-tribal populations generally enjoy bad governance in terms...
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This study investigates the relationship between social trust and intelligence. The extreme bound analysis of Levine … between social trust and intelligence. We have contributed to the literature by confirming that the previously established … positive linkage between intelligence and trust is not statistically fragile. In fact the nexus withstands further empirical …
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We assess the correlations between intelligence and financial development in 123 countries using data averages from … magnitude. (2) The correlation between intelligence and other financial variables are broadly similar. (3) The underlying …
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. Four main HIV/AIDS measurements are regressed on intelligence for a maximum of 195 cross-sectional averages over the past …
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contributes to the existing stream by examining the role of human capital or intelligence on slave exports. We postulate and …
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This article examines the role of cognitive ability or intelligence on slave expor ts from Africa. We test a hypothesis …
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phenomenon by investigating the role of cognitive human capital in slave trade. To this end, we use the historic intelligence and …
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