Social cohesion, institutions, and growth

William Easterly; Jozef Ritzen; Michael Woolcock

doi:10.1111/j.1468-0343.2006.00165.x

Social cohesion, institutions, and growth

William Easterly, Jozef Ritzen, Michael Woolcock

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

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	103-120
Number of pages	18
Journal	Economics and Politics
Volume	18
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0343.2006.00165.x
State	Published - Jul 2006

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