THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS: PUBLIC HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND INCOME INEQUALITY

dc.contributor.advisorHaufler, Virginia Aen_US
dc.contributor.authorMcDonald, Michael Kellyen_US
dc.contributor.departmentGovernment and Politicsen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-06T06:36:56Z
dc.date.available2016-02-06T06:36:56Z
dc.date.issued2015en_US
dc.description.abstractWhat happens to the welfare of people, especially in developing countries, when their government strengthens intellectual property rights (IPR)? Existing research provides conflicting answers. This project is one of the few to provide large-N analysis of the impact of IPR on social outcomes: specifically health, education, and inequality. Results suggest that stronger IPR are associated with better outcomes on some key indicators of health, education, and inequality, and worse outcomes on other indicators. A detailed case study suggests that the process of IPR reform, the motivations behind IPR reform, and the institutions involved in the adoption and enforcement of IPR partially determine the impact of IPR on each set of outcomes.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M2171R
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/17253
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledInternational relationsen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledPolitical scienceen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledIntellectual propertyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrollededucationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledhealthen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledhuman developmenten_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledinequalityen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledintellectual propertyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledpatentsen_US
dc.titleTHE SOCIAL IMPACT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS: PUBLIC HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND INCOME INEQUALITYen_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US

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