We investigate empirically how electoral democracy and judicial independence relate to personal freedom. While judicial … independence is positively and robustly related to personal freedom in all its forms, electoral democracy displays a robust …

deliberative democracy in an non-laboratory setting, using a unique dataset collected from transcripts of deliberation that … credible: its preferences approach the pivotal agent in a pure representative democracy, the median household. These effects …

: the incumbent leader selects the future leader as opposed to citizens at large selecting the future leader under democracy …

majority of people. The fundamental reason thereof is the blatant contradiction between the principle of democracy, promoting … the rule of law and thereby the welfare of people, and the indomitable tendency of rising and unsustainable inequality in … the essential of democracy. It could be a road to genuine reforms3 preventing a disaster caused by the sheer rejection of …

growth and of greater political participation on civil violence. Democracy is endogenous to economic growth and other … model, which is strong. Results indicate a positive significant effect of property rights institutions on economic growth in … participation on civil violence and, strong effects of aid per capita on both economic growth and civil violence. …

This research seeks to evaluate the effects of growth and inequality on the dynamics of poverty in Tunisia from 1985 to … poverty in Tunisia is mainly due to economic growth. However, because of changes in inequality, which came along with the … poverty into contribution of growth and a contribution due to the redistribution, according to the decomposition approaches …

In recent years, an ample literature has emerged on the evolution of global inequality during the last two decades. A … few stylized facts emerge. If one weights countries by their population, then inequality across countries has declined … increasing inequality. Which view is the correct one? In this paper, we use the 2004 version of the World Bank’s World …

The objective of the study is to examine the relationship between growth, inequality and poverty in the context of … 1964–2011. The regression model encompassing the impact of economic growth and inequality on poverty reflects that a 1 … rural, urban and national levels. Further, this study evaluates pro-poor growth policies in Pakistan during the period of …

-being and examines the social determinants of productivity growth. Madrick notes that the volume reinforce the conventional view … understanding of how social factors affect economic growth and how economic growth is linked to social improvement. …