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Grâdšṭayn, Marq; Milanović, Branko - 2000

The relationship between the distribution of political rights and that of economic resources has been studied both theoretically and empirically. This paper reviews the existing literature and, in particular, the available empirical evidence.Our reading of the literature suggests that formal...

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Political repression and child labor : theory and empirical evidence

Maffei, Sandro; Raabe, Nikolai; Ursprung, Heinrich W. - 2004

more lenient and child labor thus more prevalent than in countries enjoying political freedom. We test this implication and …

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Freedom and equality in democracies : is there a trade-off?

Giebler, Heiko; Merkel, Wolfgang - 2016

In political philosophy, economic theory and public discourse, there is a seemingly endless debate on what the essence … of equality and freedom is and what relation between the two is essential to a good political order. Views range from the … conviction that too much socio-economic equality jeopardises freedom to the position that a certain level of equality is …

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