Beyond GNP: Economic Freedom as a Determinant of Basic Human Needs.

Research concerning ‘basic needs' in the Human Rights literature has consistently found a positive and significant relationship between measures of wealth and basic needs provision. This study utilizes a relatively new measure of economic freedom to test hypotheses regarding general macro-economic policy decisions and basic needs outcomes. A pooled dataset of 138 countries over four years is examined using OLS panel regression controlling for both' year' and ‘country,' in a standard basic needs model. Consistent and systematic differences between economic freedom effects in OECD nations and non-OECD nations are revealed. The Economic Freedom Index has both theoretical and empirical advantages over previous measures of wealth and economic freedom, allowing human rights scholars to test specific economic policy decisions as they affect basic needs outcomes.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2002

Author dc:creator

• Juenke, Eric

Contributors dc:contributor

• Tan, Alexander
• Poe, Steven
• Forde, Steven

• Human rights.
• Subsistence economy.
• Economic policy.
• human needs
• human rights
• subsistence rights
• economic freedom
• panel regression

Statement dc:rights

• Public
• Copyright
• Juenke, Eric
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 52122057
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3334/
ark: ark:/67531/metadc3334

OAI identifier oai:identifier

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