Social cohesion, institutions, and growth

William Easterly / Jozef Ritzan / Michael Woolcock (2006)

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Journal/Publisher

Center for Global Development

Type of publication

Working paper

Elements of social cohesion

Equality/Inequality

Geographical focus

Empirical

Main thematic areas

Economic development
Political institutions & governance
Inequality

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Summary

We present evidence that measures of “social cohesion,” such as income inequality and ethnic fractionalization, endogenously determine institutional quality, which in turn casually determines growth.

Publication_2006_William Easterly / Jozef Ritzan / Michael Woolcock

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