Political Institutions and Human Development : Does Democracy Fulfill its 'Constructive' and 'Instrumental' Role?

Institutions are a major field of interest in the study of development processes. The authors contribute to this discussion concentrating our research on political institutions and their effect on the non-income dimensions of human development. Fir...

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Main Authors:	Vollmer, Sebastian, Ziegler, Maria
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ADVERSE EFFECTS AMOUNT OF MONEY AVERAGE INCOME BULLETIN CANDIDATES CHECKS CITIZENS COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONSTITUENT CONTRIBUTION CULTURAL CHANGE DEMOCRACIES DEMOCRACY DEMOCRATIC CONTROL DEMOCRATIC REGIMES DEMOCRATIC SYSTEMS DEPENDENT VARIABLE DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES DIRECT DEMOCRACY DISADVANTAGED GROUPS DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH DISTRIBUTIVE POLITICS EARNINGS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC REVIEW ELECTIONS ELECTORATE EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL FINDINGS EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATIONS EMPIRICAL RESEARCH EQUAL SOCIETIES EQUALIZING IMPACT EXPLANATORY VARIABLE EXPLANATORY VARIABLES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FREE EXPRESSION FREE SPEECH GLOBAL POLICY GLOBALIZATION GOVERNANCE INDICATORS GOVERNANCE ISSUES HEALTH SECTOR HEALTHY LIFE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN WELFARE ILLITERACY ILLITERACY RATE IMPERFECT INFORMATION INCOME INCOME COMPONENTS INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS INCOME GROUPS INCOME INEQUALITY INDIVIDUAL NEEDS INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LABOUR MARKET LAWS LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT LEVEL OF EDUCATION LIFE EXPECTANCIES LIFE EXPECTANCY LITERACY RATES LIVING STANDARD LOW INCOME LOW-INCOME MACROECONOMICS MARKET FAILURES MEAN INCOME MEDIAN INCOME MEDIAN VOTER MEDIAN VOTER HYPOTHESIS MODERNIZATION NATURAL RESOURCES NEGATIVE COEFFICIENT NEGATIVE EFFECT NEGATIVE IMPACT NEGATIVE SIGN NOURISHMENT OUTPUT OUTPUTS POLICY ANALYSIS POLICY FORMULATION POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ARENA POLITICAL DEMOCRACY POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS POLITICAL OPPOSITION POLITICAL POWER POLITICAL RIGHTS POLITICAL SCIENCE POLITICAL STABILITY POLITICAL SYSTEM POLITICAL SYSTEMS POOR GROWTH POOR PEOPLE POOR POLICIES POSITIVE EFFECT POSITIVE IMPACT POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP PRO POOR PROBABILITY PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC DEBATE PUBLIC DEMAND PUBLIC ECONOMICS PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC FINANCE PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC POLICIES PUBLIC PROVISION PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC SPENDING QUALITY OF LIFE REDISTRIBUTIVE EFFECTS REDISTRIBUTIVE POLICIES REDUCING POVERTY REGIONAL DUMMIES REPRESENTATIVES RESEARCH EFFORTS RESPECT RULE OF LAW SAVINGS SAVINGS RATE SERVICE PROVISION SIGNIFICANT IMPACT SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TAX TAX RATE VALUABLE VOTING PUBLIC WAR WARS WORTH
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