Boucekkine, Raouf; Piacquadio, Paolo G.; Prieur, Fabien - 2016
The paper reexamines Lipset's theory of democratization, by distinguishing the role of (economic) development from that … of education, inequality, and (natural) resources. We highlight two contrasting effects of education and human capital … accumulation. On the one side, education prompts economic growth and enriches the budget of the autocratic elite. On the other side …