The Political Economy of Growth: Democracy and Human Capital

By Matthew A. Baum, David A. Lake. 2003

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Subfields: Development, Economics and Econometrics, Information Systems

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Politicians, Bureaucrats, and Development: Evidence from India (2016, background): “2 Studies in support argue that democratic governments perform better at providing services than other forms of government (Baum and Lake 2003; Bueno de Mesquita et al. 2005; Harding and Stasavage 2014; Martinez-Bravo et al. 2014; Ross 2006). delivery functions better when politicians are able to…”
Socioeconomic Status and Academic Outcomes in Developing Countries: A Meta-Analysis (2019, background): “Country wealth, economic integration, the level of urbanization, democratization, and the amount and flow of foreign aid are all critical determinants of basic educational attainment (Ansell, 2008; Baum & Lake 2003; Miller, 2016).”
Is Democracy Good for the Poor (2006, background): “Baum and Lake (2003) find that democracy has an indirect effect, but no direct effect, on growth, while Krieckhaus (2004) shows that the regime type– growth relationship is sensitive to both the choice of time period and the selection of control variables.”
Review Article: Comparative Political Science and the Study of Education (2011, background): “…(OECD) world, although we are aware of the fact that the literature on education policy in the developing countries and the role of democratization in promoting human capital investment is a growing area of research as well (see, for example, Baum & Lake 2003; Brown & Hunter 2004; Stasavage 2005).”
The Digital Divide (2006, unknown): “Yet more than one-half of humanity has never used a telephone, and there are more telephones [in] Montréal than in all of Bangladesh.”
Systemic Vulnerability and the Origins of Developmental States: Northeast and Southeast Asia in Comparative Perspective (2005, background): “…in which states enjoy access to neither credible long-term commitments of foreign assistance nor easily exploited commodity resources+ 13+ Riker 1962+ 14+ Baum and Lake 2003+ Origins of Developmental States: Northeast and Southeast Asia331 Our interactive concept of systemic vulnerability…”
Two Sides of the Same Coin? Employing Granger Causality Tests in a Time Series Cross-Section Framework (2008, background): “…the discipline and focus on substantive questions as diverse as the causal relationships between democracy and economic growth (Heo and Tan 2001; Baum and Lake 2003), partisanship and ideology in the American electorate (Box-Steffensmeier and De Boef 2001), domestic politics and foreign policy…”
Clientelism, Credibility, and the Policy Choices of Young Democracies (2007, background): “' Baum and Lake (2003) find no relationship between democracy and female secondary school enrollment.”