Cognitive capital, good governance, and the wealth of nations

Rindermann, Heiner; Kodila‐Tedika, Oasis; Christainsen, Gregory B.

doi:10.1016/j.intell.2015.06.002

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“…The choice of the statistical indicator and intelligence measurement are broadly consistent with recent economic development and intelligence literature (Weede & Kämpf, 2002;Jones & Schneider, 2006;Ram, 2007;Potrafke, 2012;Kodila-Tedika & KanyamaKalonda, 2014;Kodila-Tedika, 2014b;Rindermann et al, 2014;Kodila-Tedika & Mustacu, 2014;Kodila-Tedika & Bolito-Losembe, 2014;Kodila-Tedika and Asongu, 2015ab). It is interesting to note that data from Hanushek on the one hand and from Lynn and Vanhanen on the other hand are continuously being improved (Meisenberg & Lynn, 2011;.…”

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confidence: 62%

Statistics and IQ in Developing Countries: A Note

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“…In a similar vein, Nikolaev and Salahodjaev (2016), using data from 81 countries and 50 US states, showed that intelligence leads to a more equal distribution of wellbeing within society. Moreover, at the macro-social level intelligence contributes to economic growth (Ram, 2007), quality of government institutions (Kanyama, 2014), good governance, environmental protection (Obydenkova, Nazarov & Salahodjaev, 2016) and the wealth of nations (Rindermann, Kodila-Tedika and Christainsen, 2015).…”

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“…Moreover, there may very well be mutual interdependence between the size and efficiency of bureaucracy and national intelligence. For example, the ruling elite in cognitively able societies protect political rights and civil liberties and enhance the relative power of ordinary citizens (Rindermann et al, 2015). In turn, more intelligent individuals who are more actively involved in political processes are more likely to prevent the ruling elite from expropriating resources to achieve personal gain from others without reciprocating any benefits to society through wealth creation.…”

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Government size, intelligence and life satisfaction

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Salahodjaev

2017

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Highlights:-The article explores impact of government size and intelligence on life satisfaction -It finds a novel channel through which bureaucracy impacts subjective wellbeing -The government size impacts positively life-satisfaction in cognitively able societies -The paper contributes to the studies on political institutions and intelligenceGovernment size, intelligence and life satisfaction Abstract Recent studies show that psychological factors such as cognitive ability play an important role in the empirical modeling of life satisfaction and suggest that intelligence is an important proxy for political and intellectual capital. These articles, however, only explore the direct effect of intelligence on subjective wellbeing. In this study, we conjecture that intellectual capital is a mechanism through which the size of bureaucracy impacts life satisfaction. Using data from 147 countries, we find that the interaction term between nation-IQ and government size is positive and significant, suggesting that government size increases life satisfaction most in high-IQ countries and least in countries with lower levels of cognitive abilities.3

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“…This data is also being increasingly employed by economists (e.g. Weede and Kämpf, 2002;Jones & Schneider, 2006;Ram, 2007 ;Potrafke, 2012;Kodila-Tedika & Kanyama-Kalonda, 2012 ;Kodila-Tedika, 2014 ;Rindermann et al, 2014 ;Kodila-Tedika & Mustacu, 2014 ;Kodila-Tedika & BolitoLosembe, 2014;Kodila-Tedika & Asongu, 2015). The data of Hanushek and Lynn and Vanhanen are increasingly being improved (Rindermann, 2007a, b ;Meisenberg & Lynn, 2011).…”

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confidence: 99%