Corruption and Education: Empirical Evidence

Mohamed Dridi ()

International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, 2014, vol. 4, issue 3, 476-493

Abstract: Corruption is widely believed to be detrimental to economic performance. However, little empirical evidence has been presented to assess its consequences on education.Using various education indicators, this paper aims to examine the effects of corruption on education both from a quantitative and qualitative point of view. The cross - country regression analysis shows a strong link between corruption and secondary school enrollment rates, but the relationship between corruption and education quality as measured by repeater rates is weaker. The results suggest that high and ris ing corruption decreases significantly access to schooling. A unit increase in corruption reduces enrollment rates by almost 10 percentage points. These findings are robust to the use of alternative measure of corruption and other sensitivity analysis.

Keywords: Corruption; education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D73 I20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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