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Revisiting the modernization hypothesis : longevity and democracy
Jacobsen, Joannes - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 67 (2015), pp. 174-185
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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
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The democratic transition : a study of the causality between income and the Gastil democracy index
Paldam, Martin (contributor); Gundlach, Erich (contributor) - 2008
The paper considers the transformation of the political system as countries pass through the Grand Transition from a poor developing country to a wealthy developed country. In the process most countries change from an authoritarian to a democratic political system. This is shown by using the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003764598
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Democratisation and growth
Papaioannou, Elias - In: The economic journal : the journal of the Royal … 118 (2008), pp. 1520-1551
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003765431
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The democratic transition : a study of the causality between income and the Gastil democracy index
Gundlach, Erich (contributor); Paldam, Martin (contributor) - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003769804
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Does rapid economic growth enhance democratization? Time-series evidence from high performing Asian economies
Tang, Sam Hak Kan; Yung, Linda Chor Wing - In: Journal of Asian economics 19 (2008) 3, pp. 244-253
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003771252
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Democratization and growth
Papaioannou, Elias; Siourounis, Gregorios - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003774030
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Democratization, quality of institutions and economic growth
Polterovič, Viktor M. (contributor);  … - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003286817
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Has democratization reduced infant mortality in sub-Saharan Africa? : evidence from micro data
Kudamatsu, Masayuki (contributor) - 2007
African countries, I compare the survival of infants born to the same mother before and after democratization to identify the … the sample mean, after democratization. The size of the reduction is larger for babies born to mothers from disadvantaged … groups. I also find that the replacement of a chief executive by democratization is the driving force behind these results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003490397
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Has democratization reduced infant mortality in sub-Saharan Africa? : evidence from micro data
Kudamatsu, Masayuki - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003449300