Exploring the democracy-climate nexus: a review of correlations between democracy and climate policy performance

D Lindvall, M Karlsson - Climate Policy, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
In order to explore the strengths and weaknesses of democracies in mitigating climate
change, this article presents a review of more than two decades of research on the …

Democracy and health in developing countries: New cross-national evidence, 1990–2016

SA Mejia - Sociological Perspectives, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Scholars have long investigated the factors that affect health outcomes in less-developed
countries. One debate that has increasingly intensified in recent years is the democracy and …

Consistencies and contradictions: Revisiting the relationship between women's education and infant mortality from a distributional perspective

K Shorette, R Burroway - Social Science Research, 2022 - Elsevier
The connection between women's education and infant mortality is one of the most
consistent and powerful relationships established in public health. A large body of cross …

Globalization, foreign direct investment, and child mortality: A cross-national analysis of less-developed countries, 1990–2019

SA Mejia - International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Social scientists have long debated the impacts of foreign investment for developing
countries. However, the relationship between foreign investment and child mortality is still …

Gender and the politics of death: female representation, political and developmental context, and population health in a cross-national panel

R Macmillan, N Shofia, W Sigle - Demography, 2018 - read.dukeupress.edu
There is considerable speculation that female political empowerment could improve
population health. Yet, evidence to date is limited, and explanations for why political …

Do non-governmental organizations impact health? A cross-national analysis of infant mortality

JM Shandra, CL Shandra… - International Journal of …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
According to world polity theory, international health and women's non-governmental
organizations should improve health in poor nations by providing health, reproductive, and …

Globalization, development and international migration: A cross-national analysis of less-developed countries, 1970–2000

MR Sanderson, JD Kentor - Social Forces, 2009 - academic.oup.com
It is widely argued that globalization and economic development are associated with
international migration. However, these relationships have not been tested empirically. We …

Does foreign capital dependence affect carbon dioxide emissions in less‐developed countries? A cross‐national analysis, 1980–2014

SA Mejia - Social Science Quarterly, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective I estimate the effect of foreign investment dependence on carbon dioxide
emissions in developing countries with methods and data that address the numerous …

The economic growth effects of foreign direct investment in developing countries, 1980–2019

SA Mejia - International Journal of Sociology, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The foreign investment and economic growth relationship in developing countries have
attracted considerable attention in comparative international sociology. However, despite …

Achieving infant mortality SDG 3 target in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa: Does carbon emission matter?

SE Nwani, JC Ujah - Green and Low-Carbon Economy, 2024 - ojs.bonviewpress.com
This study is necessitated by the high rate of infant mortality in South Asia (SA) and Sub-
Saharan Africa (SSA) and the need to enhance the chances of these regions achieving SGD …