Rankings in Education, Economic Freedom, Democratization and Human Development Index for Selected Country Groups
Rankings in Education, Economic Freedom, Democratization and Human Development Index for Selected Country Groups
Author(s): Harun YakışıkSubject(s): Education, Recent History (1900 till today), Economic policy, Government/Political systems, Social development, Accounting - Business Administration, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Kafkas Üniversitesi Sağlık, Kültür ve Spor Daire Başkanlığı Dijital Baskı Merkezi
Keywords: democracy; education; economic freedom; human development;
Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this study is to investigate the short-run relationship among education, economic freedom, democratization and human development rankings in four different country groups using graphical method. The data of the Human Development Report, Heritage Foundation and Economist Intelligence Unit have been used for the period of 2006- 2011. Country groups were classified as: (i) Eastern European members of the EU; Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland; (ii) some high human development index ranked members of the EU; Austria, Denmark and Germany; (iii) countries that became members to the EU in the 1980s; Spain, Portugal and Greece; and (iv) some non-members to the EU; Switzerland, Norway and Turkey. The study concludes that there is a close relationship among education, democratization and human development.
Journal: Kafkas Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi
- Issue Year: 5/2014
- Issue No: 7
- Page Range: 127-146
- Page Count: 20
- Language: English