From education to democracy?
By: Daron Acemoglu ... [et al.].
Contributors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Economics
Series: Working paper series / Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics -- working paper 05-04; Working paper (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Economics) -- no. 05-04.
Publisher: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 11
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. Keywords: democracy, education, institutions, political development. JEL Classifications: P16, O10.
Notes: "December 15, 2004."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 10-11)

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