Inequality in democracy: Insights from an empirical analysis of political dynasties in the 15th Philippine Congress

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Beja, Edsel L, Jr, Mendoza, Ronald U, Venida, Victor S, Yap, David B, II
• التنسيق: text
• منشور في: Archīum Ateneo 2012
• الموضوعات: Democracy; political dynasty; Philippines; Philippine Congress; Economics; Political Economy
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://archium.ateneo.edu/economics-faculty-pubs/5; https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/40104/
• المؤسسة: Ateneo De Manila University

This paper presents metrics to estimate the size of political dynasties in the 15th Congress of the Republic of the Philippines and analyze the relationship between political dynasty and socio-economic outcomes. Results show that political dynasties comprise 70 percent of jurisdiction-based legislat...