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Do Social Rights Affect Social Outcomes?

Do Social Rights Affect Social Outcomes? While the United Nations and NGOs are pushing for global judicialization of economic, social, and cultural rights (ESCRs), little is known of their consequences. We provide evidence of the effects of introducing three types of ESCRs into the constitution: the rights to education, health, and social security. Employing a large panel covering annual data from 160 countries in the period 1960–2010, we find no robust evidence of positive effects of ESCRs. We do, however, document adverse medium‐term effects on education, inflation, and civil rights. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Political Science Wiley

Do Social Rights Affect Social Outcomes?

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Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
"© 2019 by the Midwest Political Science Association"
ISSN
0092-5853
eISSN
1540-5907
DOI
10.1111/ajps.12421
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Abstract

While the United Nations and NGOs are pushing for global judicialization of economic, social, and cultural rights (ESCRs), little is known of their consequences. We provide evidence of the effects of introducing three types of ESCRs into the constitution: the rights to education, health, and social security. Employing a large panel covering annual data from 160 countries in the period 1960–2010, we find no robust evidence of positive effects of ESCRs. We do, however, document adverse medium‐term effects on education, inflation, and civil rights.

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American Journal of Political ScienceWiley

Published: Apr 1, 2019

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