Does corruption promote emigration?

Artikel

Knowing whether corruption leads to higher emigration rates—and among which groups—is important because most labor emigration is from developing to developed countries. If corruption leads highly-skilled and highly-educated workers to leave developing countries, it can result in a shortage of skilled labor and slower economic growth. In turn, this leads to higher unemployment, lowering the returns to human capital and encouraging further emigration. Corruption also shifts public spending from health and education to sectors with less transparency in spending, disadvantaging lower-skilled workers and encouraging them to emigrate.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: IZA World of Labor ; ISSN: 2054-9571 ; Year: 2015 ; Bonn: Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Positive Analysis of Policy Formulation and Implementation ; Structure, Scope, and Performance of Government ; Tax Evasion and Avoidance ; Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
• Subject: corruption ; emigration ; educational attainment ; inequality

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Schneider, Friedrich
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2015

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.15185/izawol.192
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/125422
• Last update: 17.03.2109, 12:35 PM CET