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- Title
Education and democracy in the Arab world.
- Authors
Bougharriou, Nouha; Benayed, Walid; Gabsi, Foued Badr
- Abstract
This paper analyzes the relationship between education and democracy with a focus on the recent political events of the Arab Spring. In this regard, we examine the effect of five different measures of education on democracy using a dynamic panel regression model for a sample of 15 Arab countries over the period 1990–2013. The obtained results indicate that education fosters the emergence of democracy. Our findings are robust with respect to various determinants of democracy and to the choice of the sample period, suggesting that increasing education expenditure and improving educational access and equality are key policy priorities to promote the onset of democracy.
- Subjects
ARAB countries politics &; government; DEMOCRACY; RIGHT to education; REGRESSION analysis; EDUCATION costs
- Publication
Economic Change & Restructuring, 2019, Vol 52, Issue 2, p139
- ISSN
1573-9414
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10644-017-9221-6