We study whether a democracy improves a measure of individual wellbeing; human heights. Drawing on individual …-level datasets, we test the hypothesis using a battery of eight different measures of democracy and derived averages, and include … models accounting for several confounders, regional and cohort fixed effects. We document that democracy - or its quality …

Democracy is explained by giving the power to the government, with the consent of citizens, expressing their will … of democracy. Citizen participation is remarkable on two levels in the European government: one, as a citizen of European …