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dc.contributor.author	Barro, Robert J.
dc.date.accessioned	2010-01-12T14:26:22Z
dc.date.issued	1999
dc.identifier.citation	Barro, Robert J. 1999. Determinants of democracy. Journal of Political Economy 107(S6): 158-183.	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0022-3808	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:3451297
dc.description.abstract	A panel study of over 100 countries from 1960 to 1995 finds that improvements in the standard of living predict increase in democracy, as measured by a subjective indicator of electoral rights. The propensity for democracy rises with per capita GDP, primary schooling, and a smaller gap between male and female primary attainment. For a given standard of living, democaracy tends to fall with urbnization and with a greater reliance on natrual resources. Democracy has little relation to country size but rises with the middle‐class share of income. The apparently strong relation of democracy to colonial heritage mostly disappears when the economic variables are held constant. Similarly, the allowance for these economic variables weakens the interplay between democracy and religious affiliation. However, negative effects from Muslim and non‐religious affiliations remain intact.	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	Economics	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	University of Chicago Press	en_US
dc.relation.isversionof	doi:10.1086/250107	en_US
dash.license	LAA
dc.title	Determinants of Democracy	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article	en_US
dc.description.version	Version of Record	en_US
dc.relation.journal	Journal of Political Economy -Chicago-	en_US
dash.depositing.author	Barro, Robert J.
dc.date.available	2010-01-12T14:26:22Z

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