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 …

We examine the role of democracy shocks in the cross-country economic growth processes over a period of five decades … investigation. We study if (i) a shock to democracy in one country triggers institutional reforms and growth upsurge in the … neighbouring countries, and (ii) the magnitude and direction of response to democracy shocks are contingent upon income pathways of …

This paper examines the indirect effect of democracy on economic growth using a dataset of 17 MENA countries from 1990 … to 2015. Democracy is assumed to affect growth through a series of channels: education, health, physical capital … estimate the effect of democracy on growth through these channels. For further analysis, the countries are classified into …