Replication Data for: Income inequality in authoritarian regimes: The role of political institutions and state capacity (doi:10.7910/DVN/XCKUIF)

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Title:

Replication Data for: Income inequality in authoritarian regimes: The role of political institutions and state capacity

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doi:10.7910/DVN/XCKUIF

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Harvard Dataverse

Date of Distribution:

2022-06-28

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Bibliographic Citation:

Panaro, Angelo Vito; Vaccaro, Andrea, 2022, "Replication Data for: Income inequality in authoritarian regimes: The role of political institutions and state capacity", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/XCKUIF, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:rYJ97NOtRCgkh4iQNw7cxA== [fileUNF]

Study Description

Citation

Title:

Replication Data for: Income inequality in authoritarian regimes: The role of political institutions and state capacity

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/XCKUIF

Authoring Entity:

Panaro, Angelo Vito (University of Milan)

Vaccaro, Andrea (University of Insubria)

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Access Authority:

Vaccaro, Andrea

Depositor:

Vaccaro, Andrea

Date of Deposit:

2022-05-03

Holdings Information:

https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/XCKUIF

Study Scope

Keywords:

Social Sciences, Social Sciences, Authoritarianism, Political institutions, State, Comparative politics, Social policy, State capacity, Income inequality, Legislatures, Party competition, Ruling coalition

Abstract:

In recent decades, there has been an institutional shift in the literature on authoritarian regimes, with scholars investigating the role of political institutions, such as elections and political parties, in shaping regime stability and economic performance. However, scant attention has been devoted to the effect of political institutions on policy outcomes, and more specifically, on income inequality. This paper adds to this debate and sheds light on the role of formal and informal institutions, on the one hand, and state capacity, on the other, in influencing levels of income inequality in autocracies. We argue that, while the presence of elections and multiparty competition creates more favourable conditions for the adoption of redistributive policies, state capacity increases the likelihood of successfully implemented policy decisions aimed at reducing the level of inequality. Our empirical analysis rests on a time-series cross-sectional dataset, which includes around 100 countries from 1972 to 2014. The findings indicate that both political institutions and a higher level of state capacity lead to lower levels of income inequality in authoritarian contexts.

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Citation

Identification Number:

10.1017/ipo.2022.17

Bibliographic Citation:

Panaro AV, Vaccaro A (2022). Income inequality in authoritarian regimes: the role of political institutions and state capacity. Italian Political Science Review/Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1017/ipo.2022.17

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Number of cases: 5632
No. of variables per record: 18
Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

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Variable Description

List of Variables:

GWn
GWc
vdem_country_name
year
v2pepwrses
v2xcl_prpty
wdi_natresrents
wdi_trade
ln_wdi_totalpop
ln_wdi_gdppc2010
Capacity
gini_disp
ht_regtype2
ht_democr
number_autocr
sq_ln_wdi_gdppc2010
decadevar
dpi_execrlc

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Summary Statistics: Mean 488.78426846592777; Max. 910.0; Min. 40.0; StDev 223.9447262929268; Valid 5632.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:XAI7pKBP91qYdZwfIeNp5A==

GWc

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Variable Format: character

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vdem_country_name

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Variable Format: character

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year

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Summary Statistics: Mean 1996.2631392045455; Min. 1972.0; Valid 5632.0; StDev 13.743974173707015; Max. 2019.0

Variable Format: numeric

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v2pepwrses

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Variable Format: numeric

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v2xcl_prpty

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Variable Format: numeric

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Variable Format: numeric

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wdi_trade

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Variable Format: numeric

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ln_wdi_totalpop

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Variable Format: numeric

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Variable Format: numeric

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Variable Format: numeric

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Variable Format: numeric

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ht_regtype2

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Variable Format: numeric

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ht_democr

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Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:nBRlBtWNEj2iy++EXDdXPQ==

number_autocr

f6276282 Location:

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Variable Format: numeric

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sq_ln_wdi_gdppc2010

f6276282 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 136.0337371826172; Min. 25.8669490814209; Valid 4956.0; Mean 61.423477884451195; StDev 20.599875700041895;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:otdvZqGS/u2/lGv8Sia3Ew==

decadevar

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Variable Format: numeric

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dpi_execrlc

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Value	Label	Frequency
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2.	Left	1593
3.	No executive	112
5.	Right	754
1.	Center	280

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Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:nhTsVT/MgEX6++72yiHuSw==

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