WP05/2014
Jel Classification
I3, O1
N° Pages
9
Do Institutions Alleviate Poverty? An Empirical Analysis
Abstract

This paper analyses whether institutional quality affects poverty, and unlike previous papers, we use a larger dataset and panel estimations. Whereas crosssection regressions disclose a relationship between the quality of institutions and poverty alleviation, this linkage vanishes in panel regression analysis.