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Social Cohesion, Institutions, and Growth

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William Easterly ()
Jozef Ritzan
Michael Woolcock

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We present evidence that measures of “social cohesion,” such as income inequality and ethnic fractionalization, endogenously determine institutional quality, which in turn casually determines growth.

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Paper provided by Center for Global Development in its series Working Papers with number 94.

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Length: 34 pages
Date of creation: Aug 2006
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Keywords: Political institutions social cohesion poverty economic policy

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H5 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies
O1 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development

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  6. Murray Petrie, 2002. "Institutions, Social Norms and Well-being," Treasury Working Paper Series 02/12, New Zealand Treasury. [Downloadable!]
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