From Education to Democracy?

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.

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Year of publication:	2005-03
Authors:	Acemoglu, Daron ; Johnson, Simon ; Robinson, James Alan ; Yared, Pierre
Institutions:	National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	NBER Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	EFG LS POL published as Acemoglu, Daron, Simon Johnson, James A. Robinson and Pierre Yared. "From Education To Democracy?," American Economic Review, 2005, v95(2,May), 44-49. Number 11204
Classification:	O10 - Economic Development. General
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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