01711cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF004600 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451866155 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Spilimbergo, Antonio. Democracy and Foreign Education / Antonio Spilimbergo. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2007. 1 online resource (50 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Do foreign-educated individuals play a role in promoting democracy in their home countries? Despite the large amount of private and public resources spent on foreign education, there is no systematic evidence that foreign-educated individuals foster democracy in their home countries. Using a unique panel dataset on foreign students starting from 1950, I show that, indeed, foreign-educated individuals promote democracy in their home country, but only if the foreign education is acquired in democratic countries. The results are robust to reverse causality, country-specific omitted variables, and inclusion of a variety of control variables. The results are stronger for small countries. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2007/051 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2007/051/001.2007.issue-051-en.xml IMF e-Library