Weak instruments and weak identification, in estimating the effects of education, on democracy

Weak instruments and weak identification, in estimating the effects of education, on democracy

Is there any relation between education and democracy? Once we correct for weak instruments and identify education as “weakly exogenous” we find new evidence that education systematically predicts democracy. Our results are robust across model specification, instrumentation strategies, and samples....

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:Economics letters 2007-09, Vol.96 (3), p.301-306
Hauptverfasser: Bobba, Matteo, Coviello, Decio
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Bildungsniveau
Democracy
Demokratie
Dynamic Panel
Econometrics
Education
Estimation
Mathematical models
Schätztheorie
Weak Instruments
Online-Zugang:Volltext
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:Is there any relation between education and democracy? Once we correct for weak instruments and identify education as “weakly exogenous” we find new evidence that education systematically predicts democracy. Our results are robust across model specification, instrumentation strategies, and samples.
ISSN:0165-1765
1873-7374
DOI:10.1016/j.econlet.2007.01.018