Arbeitspapier

Does Corruption Promote Emigration? An Empirical Examination

This paper empirically investigates the relationship between corruption and the emigration of those with high, medium and low levels of educational attainment. The empirical results indicate that as corruption increases the emigration rate of those with high levels of educational attainment also increases. The emigration rate of those with middle and low levels of educational attainment, however, increases at initial levels of corruption and then decreases beyond a certain point. Splitting the sample by income inequality suggests that increased inequality reduces the ability to emigrate. The policy conclusion is, that government actions should focus on controlling corruption, which in turn would lead to funds being channeled more productively into education and also lead to a fall in inequality which would reduce emigration.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 8094

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
Positive Analysis of Policy Formulation and Implementation
Structure, Scope, and Performance of Government
Tax Evasion and Avoidance
Thema
corruption
emigration
educational attainment
government expenditures
income inequality
labor markets

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Cooray, Arusha
Schneider, Friedrich
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2014

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Cooray, Arusha
  • Schneider, Friedrich
  • Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2014

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