Institutional foundations of global well-being: Democracy, state capacity and social protection

Cronert, Axel; Hadenius, Axel

doi:10.1177/0192512120917186

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“…Specifically, people living in a country that has high levels of political freedom reported higher levels of happiness and wellbeing (Spruk & Keseljevic 2016). Both democracy and political freedom implies that the government is more likely to devote resources towards achieving higher standards of living, and the leaders are more likely to prioritize goals relevant to human development over others (Cronert & Hadenius, 2021). Thus, consumers will expect their wellbeing to be emphasized and positively transformed.…”

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Transformation of Consumer Expectations for Well-Being in Hospitality: A Systems Framework

Zhang

Wei

et al. 2022

Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research

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Systemic shifts in consumer preferences and expectations are not new, and can often be accelerated by major environmental events. Early evidence suggests that the events of 2020 to 2021 may have created that acceleration to fundamentally alter future consumer preferences. In this study, we argue that consumer expectations are on the path to being essentially transformed. If so, such transformations will require a renewed focus on consumer preferences in the context of an ecosystem comprised of the macro-, meso-, and micro-level factors impacting these changes. Changing consumer expectations will also need to be articulated and incorporated more comprehensively to include physical, mental, and social wellbeing. In this study, we argue that consumer behavior research will need to incorporate these fundamental shifts in factors impacting consumer preferences. We present a conceptual framework that incorporates the changing landscape of factors influencing this transformation along with suggestions for future research, and theoretical and practical implications.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Transformation of Consumer Expectations for Well-Being in Hospitality: A Systems Framework

Zhang

Wei

et al. 2022

Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research

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“…A large body of research has found that democratic governments put higher priority on safeguarding the population's well-being (e.g. Kahn 2005;Besley and Kudamatsu 2006;Kudamatsu 2012;Flores and Smith 2013;Pieters et al 2016;Bollyky et al 2019;Cronert and Hadenius 2021). Evaluating possible mechanisms behind this effect, Bollyky et al (2019) recently concluded that it was specifically the existence of competitive elections that promoted better health outcomes, likely by improving political leaders' accountability and responsiveness concerning health issues.…”

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Precaution and proportionality in pandemic politics: democracy, state capacity, and COVID-19-related school closures around the world

Cronert

2022

J. Pub. Pol.

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The COVID-19 pandemic triggered a globally spread—but differently timed—implementation of school closures and other disruptive containment measures as governments worldwide intervened to curb transmission of disease. This study argues that the timing of such disruptive interventions reflects how governments balance the principles of precaution and proportionality in their pandemic decision-making. A theory is proposed of how their trade-off is impacted by two interacting institutional factors: electoral democratic institutions, which incentivise political leaders to increasingly favour precaution, and high state administrative capacity, which instead makes a proportional strategy involving later containment measures more administratively and politically feasible. Global patterns consistent with this theory are documented among 170 countries in early 2020, using Cox models of school closures and other non-pharmaceutical interventions. Corroborating the theorised mechanisms, additional results indicate that electoral competition prompts democratic leaders’ faster response, and that this mechanism is weaker where professional state agencies have more influence over policymaking.

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“…However, while some scholars argue that state capacity and political institutions work synergistically (e.g. Cronert and Hadenius, 2021), others indicate that state capacity improves health and education outcomes also in the absence of democratic institutions (e.g. Hanson, 2015).…”

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Income inequality in authoritarian regimes: the role of political institutions and state capacity

Panaro

Vaccaro

2022

Riv. ital. sci. polit.

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In recent decades, there has been an institutional shift in the literature on authoritarian regimes, with scholars investigating the role of political institutions, such as elections and political parties, in shaping regime stability and economic performance. However, scant attention has been devoted to the effect of political institutions on policy outcomes, and more specifically, on income inequality. This paper adds to this debate and sheds light on the role of formal and informal institutions, on the one hand, and state capacity, on the other, in influencing levels of income inequality in autocracies. We argue that, while the presence of elections and multiparty competition creates more favourable conditions for the adoption of redistributive policies, state capacity increases the likelihood of successfully implemented policy decisions aimed at reducing the level of inequality. Our empirical analysis rests on a time-series cross-sectional dataset, which includes around 100 countries from 1972 to 2014. The findings indicate that both political institutions and a higher level of state capacity lead to lower levels of income inequality in authoritarian contexts.

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Institutional foundations of global well-being: Democracy, state capacity and social protection

Cited by 11 publications

References 36 publications

Transformation of Consumer Expectations for Well-Being in Hospitality: A Systems Framework

Transformation of Consumer Expectations for Well-Being in Hospitality: A Systems Framework

Precaution and proportionality in pandemic politics: democracy, state capacity, and COVID-19-related school closures around the world

Income inequality in authoritarian regimes: the role of political institutions and state capacity

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