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The transmission of democracy: From the village to the nation-state
Giuliano, Paola; Nunn, Nathan - 2013
We provide evidence that a history of democracy at the local level is associated with contemporary democracy at the … national level. Auxiliary estimates show that a tradition of local democracy is also associated with attitudes that favor … democracy, with better quality institutions, and higher level of economic development. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291375
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The Transmission of Democracy: From the Village to the Nation-State
Giuliano, Paola; Nunn, Nathan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We provide evidence that a history of democracy at the local level is associated with contemporary democracy at the … national level. Auxiliary estimates show that a tradition of local democracy is also associated with attitudes that favor … democracy, with better quality institutions, and higher level of economic development. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010660255
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The transmission of democracy : from the village to the nation-state
Giuliano, Paola; Nunn, Nathan - 2013
We provide evidence that a history of democracy at the local level is associated with contemporary democracy at the … national level. Auxiliary estimates show that a tradition of local democracy is also associated with attitudes that favor … democracy, with better quality institutions, and higher level of economic development. -- democracy ; historical persistence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009696903
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The Transmission of Democracy : From the Village to the Nation-State
Giuliano, Paola - 2013
We provide evidence that a history of democracy at the local level is associated with contemporary democracy at the … national level. Auxiliary estimates show that a tradition of local democracy is also associated with attitudes that favor … democracy, with better quality institutions, and higher level of economic development …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013087428
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The Transmission of Democracy: From the Village to the Nation-State
Giuliano, Paola; Nunn, Nathan - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
We provide evidence that a history of democracy at the local level is associated with contemporary democracy at the … national level. Auxiliary estimates show that a tradition of local democracy is also associated with attitudes that favor … democracy, with better quality institutions, and higher level of economic development. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010785583
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Traditional Agricultural Practices and the Sex Ratio Today
Alesina, Alberto; Giuliano, Paola; Nunn, Nathan - 2018
We study the historical origins of cross-country differences in the male-to-female sex ratio. Our analysis focuses on the use of the plough in traditional agriculture. In societies that did not use the plough, women tended to participate in agriculture as actively as men. By contrast, in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011873467
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Gender: An Historical Perspective
Giuliano, Paola - 2017
Social attitudes toward women vary significantly across societies. This chapter reviews recent empirical research on various historical determinants of contemporary differences in gender roles and gender gaps across societies, and how these differences are transmitted from parents to children...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011744643
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Gender: an historical perspective
Giuliano, Paola - 2017
Social attitudes toward women vary significantly across societies. This chapter reviews recent empirical research on various historical determinants of contemporary differences in gender roles and gender gaps across societies, and how these differences are transmitted from parents to children...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011715911
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Traditional agricultural practices and the sex ratio today
Alesina, Alberto; Giuliano, Paola; Nunn, Nathan - 2018
We study the historical origins of cross-country differences in the male-to-female sex ratio. Our analysis focuses on the use of the plough in traditional agriculture. In societies that did not use the plough, women tended to participate in agriculture as actively as men. By contrast, in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011845261
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Elections, economic development and debt servicing in Africa
Quaicoe, Serebour - In: Cogent economics & finance 11 (2023) 1, pp. 1-20
Despite the growing public debate on fiscal surprise during election periods in jurisdictions where the democratic dispensation is young, comprehensive empirical works to this effect in the case of Africa are hard to find. This study, therefore, sought to contribute to the debate on two counts....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014500527