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Giavazzi, Francesco; Tabellini, Guido - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

liberalizations correspond to the event of becoming a democracy. Using a difference-in-difference estimation, we ask what are the …

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Democracy and Foreign Education

Spilimbergo, Antonio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

Do foreign educated individuals play a role in promoting democracy in their home country? Despite the large amount of … foster democracy in their home countries. Using a unique panel dataset on foreign students starting from 1950, I show that … indeed foreign-educated individuals promote democracy in their home country, but only if the foreign education is acquired in …

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Making Autocracy Work

Besley, Timothy J.; Kudamatsu, Masayuki - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

One of the key goals of political economy is to understand how institutional arrangements shape policy outcomes. This paper studies a comparatively neglected aspect of this - the forces that shape heterogeneous performance of autocracies. The paper develops a simple theoretical model of...

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Inequality, Development, and the Stability of Democracy -Lipset and Three Critical Junctures in German History

Jung, Florian; Sunde, Uwe - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

resources for which democracy is infeasible in equilibrium irrespective of the level of development. The model also delivers … results on the stability of democracy with regard to changes in the economic and demographic environment. The results are … distributed unequally and institutions do not ensure political commitments. The results imply that for any level of development …

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An Econometric Analysis of the Mental-Health Effects of Major Events in the Life of Elderly Individuals

Lindeboom, Maarten; Portrait, France; den Berg, Gerard J van - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

that the results are of importance for the design of health care and labour market policy towards the elderly. …

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Aid and Trade

Suwa Eisenmann, Akiko; Verdier, Thierry - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

The paper surveys the interactions between aid and trade, distinguishing between policies and outcomes as well as between various instruments. It first discusses the theoretical literature, focusing on the causal impact of aid on the recipient’s welfare via the trade channel, before turning to...

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Using Randomization in Development Economics Research: A Toolkit

Duflo, Esther; Glennerster, Rachel; Kremer, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

This paper is a practical guide (a toolkit) for researchers, students and practitioners wishing to introduce randomization as part of a research design in the field. It first covers the rationale for the use of randomization, as a solution to selection bias and a partial solution to publication...

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Unemployment, Investment and Sectoral Reallocation

Chadha, Bankim; Coricelli, Fabrizio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995

This paper presents a model of development of an economy comprised of a rural-agricultural sector and an urban …

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The Economic Lives of the Poor

Banerjee, Abhijit; Duflo, Esther - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

This paper uses survey data from 13 countries to document the economic lives of the poor (those living on less than $2 dollar per day per capita at purchasing power parity) or the extremely poor (those living on less than $1 dollar per day). We describe their patterns of consumption and income...

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Vanishing Third World Emigrants?

Hatton, Timothy J.; Williamson, Jeffrey G - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

This paper documents a stylized fact not well appreciated in the literature. The Third World has been undergoing an emigration life cycle since the 1960s, and, except for Africa, emigration rates have been level or even declining since a peak in the late 1980s the early 1990s. The current...

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