Democracy and Foreign Education
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Summary:
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.
Series:
Working Paper No. 2007/051
Subject:
Education Estimation techniques Housing Personal income Population and demographics
English
Publication Date:
March 1, 2007
ISBN/ISSN:
9781451866155/1018-5941
Stock No:
WPIEA2007051
Pages:
50
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