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DESCRIPTION:Stitching a Patchwork Quilt: Selection Institutions\, Social He
 terogeneity\, and Development Outcomes This discussion investigates the ma
 nner in which the characteristics of selection institutions interact with 
 country social context to produce development outcomes. Previous work has 
 established that higher levels of social heterogeneity\, ethnic fractional
 ization in particular\, are associated with lower levels of public goods p
 rovision (Easterly and Levine\, 1997\; Alesina et al.\, 1999). Democracy t
 ends to ameliorate these negative effects (Collier\, 2000). Since democrac
 y is a multidimensional concept\, however\, identifying which characterist
 ics of democracy produce better development outcomes in diverse social con
 texts is important. This paper considers two such dimensions: contestation
  and inclusiveness (Dahl\, 1971\; Coppedge et al.\, 2008). Empirical tests
  using a cross-sectional dataset covering 104 countries indicate that poli
 tical contestation matters more than inclusiveness for reducing rates of i
 nfant mortality in countries with high levels of ethnic diversity and econ
 omic inequality. Conversely\, where levels of social heterogeneity are low
 \, greater inclusiveness tends to reduce infant mortality.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;
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SUMMARY:TDPE presents: Jonathan Hanson
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Stitching a Patchwork Quilt: Selection Institu
 tions\, Social Heterogeneity\, and Development Outcomes This discussion in
 vestigates the manner in which the characteristics of selection institutio
 ns interact with country social context to produce development outcomes. P
 revious work has established that higher levels of social heterogeneity\, 
 ethnic fractionalization in particular\, are associated with lower levels 
 of public goods provision (Easterly and Levine\, 1997\; Alesina et al.\, 1
 999). Democracy tends to ameliorate these negative effects (Collier\, 2000
 ). Since democracy is a multidimensional concept\, however\, identifying w
 hich characteristics of democracy produce better development outcomes in d
 iverse social contexts is important. This paper considers two such dimensi
 ons: contestation and inclusiveness (Dahl\, 1971\; Coppedge et al.\, 2008)
 . Empirical tests using a cross-sectional dataset covering 104 countries i
 ndicate that political contestation matters more than inclusiveness for re
 ducing rates of infant mortality in countries with high levels of ethnic d
 iversity and economic inequality. Conversely\, where levels of social hete
 rogeneity are low\, greater inclusiveness tends to reduce infant mortality
 .&nbsp\;&nbsp\;
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