Health and Democracy
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In spite of the inexorable march of democracy around the globe, just how democratic institutions a¤ect human well-being is open to debate. The evidence that democracy promotes prosperity is neither strong nor robust. Moreover which aspects of policy making and human well-being are promoted by
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Autocrats' efforts to suppress political competition and restrict freedom of press further undermine the link between leaders' behaviour towards the general public and their survival in office.
“This link is often further undermined by autocrats ' efforts to suppress political competition and restrict the freedom of press”
From Precaution and proportionality in pandemic politics: democracy, state capacity, and COVID-19-related school closures around the world (2022) · cites this paper as Besley and Kudamatsu 2006
Democratic governments put higher priority on safeguarding the population's well-being.
“A large body of research has found that democratic governments put higher priority on safeguarding the population ' s well-being”
From Precaution and proportionality in pandemic politics: democracy, state capacity, and COVID-19-related school closures around the world (2022) · cites this paper as Besley and Kudamatsu 2006
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HAS DEMOCRATIZATION REDUCED INFANT MORTALITY IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA? EVIDENCE FROM MICRO DATA
Kudamatsu, M. (2012) · Journal of the European Economic Association · doi:10.1111/j.1542-4774.2012.01092.x · Cited by 373 · see citing works
Self-citationCronert, A. (2022) · Journal of Public Policy · doi:10.1017/s0143814x22000101 · Cited by 21 · see citing works
“A large body of research has found that democratic governments put higher priority on safeguarding the population’s well-being (e.g. Kahn 2005; Besley and Kudamatsu 2006; Kudamatsu 2012; Flores and Smith 2013; Pieters et al. 2016; Bollyky et al. 2019; Cronert and Hadenius 2021).”
Background
- Authors
- Besley, T., & Kudamatsu, M.
- Affiliations
- Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines (GB)
- ORCID
- Kudamatsu, Masayuki
- Venue
- American Economic Review
- Publisher
- American Economic Association
- Published
- 2006-04-01
- Volume
- 96
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 313-318
- ISSN
- 0002-8282 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2016319068
- Cited by
- 477
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 46.80
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- American Economic Review (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science) (submittedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Political Theory and Democracy
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Global Health Care Issues
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Corruption and Economic Development
- Keywords
- democracy, human well-being, democratic institutions, economic prosperity, policy making
- MeSH terms
- Democracy, Educational Status, Health Status, Humans, Income, Life Expectancy, Politics, Socioeconomic Factors
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