Arbeitspapier
Corruption, shadow economy and income inequality: Evidence from Asia
A number of recent studies for Latin America show that as the size of the informal economy grows, corruption is less harmful to inequality. We investigate if this relationship is equally compelling for developing countries in Asia where corruption, inequality and shadow economies are considerably large. We use Panel Least Square and Fixed Effects Models for Asia to find that both Corruption Perception Index and ICRG index are sensitive to a number of important macroeconomic variables. We find that in the absence of the shadow economy, corruption increases inequality. However, with larger shadow economies in South Asia, the income inequality tends to fall.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 7106
Particular Labor Markets: Public Policy
Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
Economywide Country Studies: Asia including Middle East
inequality
shadow economy
panel data
South Asia
Korruption
Schattenwirtschaft
Einkommensverteilung
Schätzung
Asien
Saha, Shrabani
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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20.09.2024, 08:24 MESZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Kar, Saibal
- Saha, Shrabani
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2012