Can democracy educate a society?
By: by Hans Gersbach, Lars Siemers.
Contributors: Siemers, Lars.
Series: Discussion paper ;; no. 1693; Discussion paper (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit : Online) ;; no. 1693
Publisher: IZA
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Bonn, Germany
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Democracy.; Poverty.; Income distribution.
Description: "We examine whether democratic societies can escape poverty traps. Unrestricted agenda setting with simple majority rules fail to educate a society, because education-enhancing redistribution will not occur. We show that a combination of suitable constitutional rules overcomes this impossibility result: rotating agenda setting and agenda repetition in combination with flexible majority rules or with a tax protection rule"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web site.
Notes: Also available in print.
Includes bibliographical references.
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