environment, more income inequality, more crimes, more traffic congestion, and more divorces. Therefore, economic growth brought …

Over the last two centuries, many countries experienced regime transitions toward democracy. We document this … democratic transition over a long time horizon. We use historical time series of income, education and democracy levels from 1870 … to 2000 to explore the economic factors associated with rising levels of democracy. We find that primary schooling, and …

. These results have significant implications for the consolidation of Mexico's young democracy. Understanding the long …