... time-series and cross-section data and use panel techniques to see whether the relationship between democracy and wages holds up in a panel setting as well. I use five-year averages of the data covering ... 1980-84, 1985-89, and 1990-94. OLS and random effects regressions include a constant term and dummiesfor East Asia, Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, socialist countries, OECD members, and oil exporters ... (1997b).11 The data come from UNIDO, via the World Bank’s Labor Market Data Base (see Rodrik 1997b for more detailson data sources). I am grateful to Martin Rama for making the data available.12associated...