The Economic Effects of Human Rights

Blume, Lawrence E.; Voigt, Stefan

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“…This accords with the theoretical reasoning by Farber (2002) who views governmental obedience to basic rights as a signal to investors of a government's commitment to a broader set of legal rules -including property rights. The result also accords with empirical results by Blume and Voigt (2007) who found that human rights are significantly conducive to productivity and investment in physical capital.…”

Section: Democracy and Economic Liberalization In (Almost) Two Decadesupporting

confidence: 91%

Democracy and prosperity in two decades of transition1

Apolte¹

2011

Economics of Transition

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Section: Democracy and Economic Liberalization In (Almost) Two Decadesupporting

confidence: 91%

Democracy and prosperity in two decades of transition1

Apolte¹

2011

Economics of Transition

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“…Koob, Jørgensen and Sano (2017) find no evidence that freedom and participation rights in different regions of the world are harmful to growth: it either promotes growth or has no effect on growth. Blume and Voigt (2007) examine the effect of four different categories of human rights on economic growth and welfare. Precisely, they are interested in the impact of basic human rights, property rights, civil rights and social rights on investment and productivity.…”

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The Impact of Human Freedoms on Economic Growth

Disoska¹,

Kocevska²

2020

Proceedings of the International Conference "Economic and Business Trends Shaping the Future"

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The impact of formal institutions, including rule of law, human rights, and civil liberties on economic growth has been in the focus of the latest research agenda of the new institutional economics due to the current pandemic of the Corona-19 virus. Some limitations are necessary to be imposed to address a pandemic, but this is a real risk of lasting deterioration in basic human freedoms. Increased surveillance, restrictions on free expression and information, and limits on public participation are becoming increasingly common. The present fear is that the authorities worldwide are using the current situation to repress human rights for political purposes. This paper aims to explore the effect of the overall institutional environment, understood as the concept of human freedom, on economic prosperity in different jurisdictions around the world. Human freedom is a general term for personal, civil, and economic freedom and therefore the interconnection with economic growth can be seen in both directions. In our analysis, we use the Human Freedom Index published by the Fraser Institute as a proxy for human freedom. Here, human freedom is understood as the absence of coercive constraint. The index is calculated based on 79 distinct indicators representing different aspects of personal and economic freedom. This analysis seeks to answer several questions. First, we are interested in examining whether there is empirical evidence about the causality between human freedoms and economic growth. Second, we are interested in whether human freedom has a positive impact on growth rates. And third, we are interested in examining the influence of other determinants on economic growth. To test the causality between human freedom and economic growth, we have conducted a Granger causality analysis. The empirical strategy for identification of the possible influence of human freedom to growth rates includes the development of ordinary least squares (OLS) panel regression models for selected economies of the world, or around 174 cross-section units (countries) in the period between 2008 and 2017.

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“…See Spolaore and Wacziarg (2013) for a recent review. Somewhat relatedly, Blume and Voigt (2007) empirically examine the effects of well-known cross-country human rights (and other rights) measures on economic outcomes like investment, economic growth and total factor productivity. The authors find that political, property, civil and emancipatory rights are positive associates of economic outcome.…”

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Do Constitutions Matter? The Effects of Constitutional Environmental Rights Provisions on Environmental Outcomes

Jeffords¹,

Minkler²

2016

Kyklos

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Summary We use a novel data set within an instrumental variables framework to test whether the presence and language of constitutional environmental rights influence environmental outcomes. The outcome variables include Yale's Environmental Performance Index and its components. We employ two‐stage least squares to account for reverse causality, that is, the possibility that a country which takes steps to protect the environment might also be more likely to constitutionalize environmental rights. Our first stage theory combines constitution norms, opposition costs, and generation effects. Our controls include country income, which means that our study is also related to the Environmental Kuznets Curve literature. We find that constitutions do indeed matter for positive environmental outcomes, which suggests that we should not only pay attention to the incentives confronting polluters and resource users, but also to the incentives and constraints confronting those policymakers who initiate, monitor, and enforce environmental policies.

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The Economic Effects of Human Rights

Cited by 20 publications

References 59 publications

Democracy and prosperity in two decades of transition1

Democracy and prosperity in two decades of transition1

The Impact of Human Freedoms on Economic Growth

Do Constitutions Matter? The Effects of Constitutional Environmental Rights Provisions on Environmental Outcomes

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