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@article{Touchton2014ImprovingSW,
  title={Improving Social Well-Being Through New Democratic Institutions},
  author={Michael Touchton and Brian Wampler},
  journal={Comparative Political Studies},
  year={2014},
  volume={47},
  pages={1442 - 1469},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:220026}
}

We evaluate the role of a new type of democratic institution, participatory budgeting (PB), for improving citizens’ well-being. Participatory institutions are said to enhance governance, citizens’ empowerment, and the quality of democracy, creating a virtuous cycle to improve the poor’s well-being. Drawing from an original database of Brazil’s largest cities over the last 20 years, we assess whether adopting PB programs influences several indicators of well-being inputs, processes, and outcomes…