The Impact of an Unexpected Wage Cut on Corruption: Evidence from a "Xeroxed" Exam

Oana Borcan, Mikael Lindahl and Andreea Mitrut

No 4038, CESifo Working Paper Series from CESifo

Abstract: This paper aims to understand how corruption responds to an income loss. We exploit an unexpected 25% wage cut incurred in 2010 by all Romanian public sector employees, including the public education staff. We investigate a corruptible high-stake exam taking place shortly after the wage announcement. To measure corruption we compare changes in exam outcomes from 2009 to 2010 between public and private schools, as the latter were not affected by the policy. We find that the wage loss induced better exam outcomes in public than in private schools and we attribute this difference to increased corruption by public educators.

Keywords: public educators; bribes; high-stakes exam (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H70 I20 J30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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