Actions for Democracy and Foreign Education [electronic resource]

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Democracy and Foreign Education [electronic resource]

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Spilimbergo, Antonio
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Washington : International Monetary Fund March 2007
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71 p.
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Annotation Do foreign-educated individuals play a role in promoting democracy in their home countries? 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 from 1950, I show that, indeed, 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 reverse causality, country-specific omitted variables, and inclusion of a variety of control variables. the results are stronger for small countries.
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9781451910681
1451910681 (E-Book)
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