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, trade, and informal employment as illustrated by the maquiladora industry in Mexico (chapter 4), the interaction between … migration and trade and their effects on unemployment (chapter 5), and the dynamics of democracy and income chapter 6). … der Maquiladora-Industrie in Mexiko (Kapitel 4), dem Zusammenspiel von Migration und Handel und deren Auswirkungen auf die …
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substantially during the last decades. At the same time, the quality of institutions in developing countries has also improved. The … literature investigates whether international migration can be an important factor for institutional development. Overall, the … findings indicate that emigration to institutionally developed countries induces a positive effect on home-country institutions. …
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existing literature on democratization and inequality that higher level of inequality brings decrease in democratization, since … beginning, the increased corruption due to democratization would be expected to increase inequality (Gupta et al, 1998).Then at …
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What are the economic and social factors behind the democratic transitions during the Third Wave of democratization? Do … pre-transition political regimes affect the probability of democratization? This article attempts to answer these two … estimates obtained using a probit model, I identify human capital as the engine of democratization. Analyzing the role of …
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We identify permanent democratic transitions during the Third Wave of Democratization and the nineties, when many … relatively stable democracy to autocracy and 6 episodes of small improvements in representative institutions. We also classify … that democratization is more likely to emerge in affluent and especially educated societies. Economic development and …
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We claim that a sequential mechanism linking history to development exists: first, history defines the quality of social capital; then, social capital determines the level of corruption; finally, corruption affects economic performance. We test this hypothesis on a dataset of Italian provinces,...
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relationship is influenced by the quality of local institutions, as proxied by corruption. We use representative data from a large …
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relationship is influenced by the quality of local institutions, as proxied by corruption. We use representative data from a large …
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relationship is influenced by the quality of local institutions, as proxied by corruption. We use representative data from a large …
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relationship is influenced by the quality of local institutions, as proxied by corruption. We use representative data from a large …
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