Improving models of democracy: The example of lagged effects of economic development, education, and gender equality

Social Science Research

Volumn 46, Issue , 2014, Pages 169-183

  Balaev, Mikhail ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Democracy; Economic development; Education; Gender; Lagged effects; Statistical models

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; POLITICAL SYSTEM; SEXISM; SOCIOECONOMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

DEMOCRACY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLITICAL SYSTEMS; SEXISM; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 84898758587     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2014.03.004     Document Type: Article

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