Impact of Broad Inequalities on the Quality of Participatory Political Institutions: Evidence from cross-country panel data

• Rocha, Moisés dos Santos ^[1] ; Milani, Ana Maria Rita ^[2] ; Santos, Anderson Moreira Aristides dos ^[2]
  1. [1] Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora

     Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora

     Brasil

     
  2. [2] Universidade Federal de Alagoas

     Universidade Federal de Alagoas

     Brasil

     
• Localización: Nova Economia, ISSN 0103-6351, Año 34, Nº. 3, 2024 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Revista Nova Economia), págs. 1-25
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1590/0103-6351/8177
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Impact of Broad Inequalities on the Quality of Participatory Political Institutions: Evidence from cross-country panel data
  • Impacto de las Desigualdades Amplias en la Calidad de las Instituciones Políticas Participativas: Evidencia a partir de datos de panel transnacionales
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  • español

    Este artículo tiene como objetivo examinar el impacto de diversas medidas de desigualdades socioeconómicas en la calidad de las instituciones políticas participativas. El estudio utiliza el método generalizado de momentos como principal método econométrico, analizando una muestra de 160 países desde 1970 hasta 2018. Los resultados revelan que la tasa de mortalidad infantil está negativa y significativamente asociada a la calidad de las instituciones políticas participativas en varias estimaciones, incluyendo pruebas de robustez y una submuestra de países con regímenes políticos de transición, utilizando diferentes métodos econométricos. La principal contribución del estudio a la literatura es el uso de indicadores de desigualdad amplia, como la tasa de mortalidad infantil, para explicar la calidad de las instituciones políticas participativas, lo cual ha sido descuidado en investigaciones anteriores sobre la relación entre factores socioeconómicos y la distribución del poder político.

  • English

    This paper aims to examine the impact of various measures of socioeconomic inequalities on the quality of participatory political institutions. The study uses the generalized method of moments as the primary econometric method, analyzing a sample of 160 countries from 1970 to 2018. The results reveal that the infant mortality rate is negatively and significantly associated with the quality of participatory political institutions across multiple estimations, including robustness tests and a subsample of countries with transition political regimes using different econometric methods. The study's main contribution to the literature is the use of indicators of broad inequality, such as the infant mortality rate, to explain the quality of participatory political institutions, which has been neglected in previous research on the relationship between socioeconomic factors and the distribution of political power.

  • português

    This paper aims to examine the impact of measures of socioeconomic inequalities on the quality of participatory political institutions. The study uses the generalized method of moments as the main econometric method, analyzing a sample of 160 countries from 1960 to 2018. The results reveal that the infant mortality rate is negatively and significantly associated with the quality of participatory political institutions across multiple estimations, including robustness tests. The study's main contribution to the literature is the use of indicators of broad inequality, such as the infant mortality rate, to explain the quality of participatory political institutions, which has been neglected in previous research on the relationship between socioeconomic factors and the distribution of political power.