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Education and democracy: New evidence from 161 countries

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This study reinvestigates the hypothesis that education has a significant effect on democracy. It adopts a panel causality methodological approach and data from 161 countries, spanning the period 1970–2013. The empirical analysis detects the presence of democracy dividend driven by education. The results survive a number of robustness checks pertaining geographical differentiation, educational stages and the inclusion of a large number of control variables. It is the first paper that makes use of an extended country sample, time period, while it provides a number of robustness checks not previously reported in the literature.

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  • Apergis, Nicholas, 2018. "Education and democracy: New evidence from 161 countries," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 71(C), pages 59-67.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecmode:v:71:y:2018:i:c:p:59-67
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2017.12.001
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    Democracy; Education; Panel causality; 161 countries;
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    • I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General
    • C33 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models

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