Voting Up? The Effects of Democracy and Franchise Extension on Human Stature
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9726522 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alberto Batinti (0000-0001-9033-2532, University of New Hampshire, corresponding author), Joan Costa-Font (0000-0001-7174-7919), Joan Costa‐Font (LSE, CESifo and IZA), T J Hatton (0000-0001-5535-8710, University of Essex Australian National University CEPR and IZA) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 89 |
| Issue | 353 |
| Pages | 161-190 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Economica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0427 • E-ISSN: 1468-0335 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/ecca.12393 |
| OpenAlex | W3199594348 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 84 |
We study the effect of the spread of democracy on population health in 15 European countries since the middle of the 19th century, and more specifically the average height of adult males by five‐year birth cohort, and we estimate the effect of transitions to democracy using within‐country variation. We find that the advent of democracy increased average height by about 0.7 cm. When we also account for the extension of the franchise to women, this increases to 1 cm or about 9% of the total increase in height of birth cohorts from the 1870s to the 1970s. Intervening mechanisms include reduced inequality and increased expenditure on social and health services. Our results are robust to a wide range of econometric tests
Democracy · Demographic economics · Development economics · Economics · Extension (predicate logic) · Franchise · Inequality · Political science · Population · Sociology · Voting · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Demography · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Mathematics
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |