From education to democracy?
By: Daron Acemoglu ... [et al.].
Contributors: Acemoglu, Daron.; National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series ;; working paper 11204; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) ;; working paper no. 11204.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Education -- Political aspects.; Educational change.; Democracy.
Description: "The conventional wisdom views high levels of education as a prerequisite for democracy.  This paper shows that existing evidence for this view is based on cross-sectional correlations, which disappear once we look at within-country variation.  In other words, there is no evidence that countries that increase their education are more likely to become democratic"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
Notes: Also available in print.
Includes bibliographical references.
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