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Democracy and Foreign Education

Spilimbergo, Antonio·2009·American Economic Review
DOI 10.1257/aer.99.1.528
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Despite the large amount of private and public resources spent on foreign education, there is no systematic evidence that foreign-educated individuals foster democracy in their home countries. Using a unique panel dataset on foreign students starting in the 1950s, I show that foreign-educated individuals promote democracy in their home country, but only if the foreign education is acquired in democratic countries. The results are robust to several estimation techniques, to different definitions of democracy, and to the inclusion of a variety of control variables, including democracy in trading partners, neighboring countries, level of income, and level and stock of education. (JEL D72, I21, O15, O17, P26)

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Authors
Spilimbergo, A.
Venue
American Economic Review
Publisher
American Economic Association
Published
2009-02-01
Volume
99
Issue
1
Pages
528-543
ISSN
0002-8282 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1257/aer.99.1.528
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W3122480623
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503
References
32
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62.96
Type
journal article
Language
en
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