Education and Software Piracy in the European Union

Nicolas Dias Gomes (), Pedro Cerqueira and Luís Alçada Almeida ()
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Nicolas Dias Gomes: Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Luís Alçada Almeida: Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra and INESC-Coimbra, Portugal

No 2015-07, GEMF Working Papers from GEMF, Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra

Abstract: In this paper we construct a panel data set from 2000 to 2011 for the EU 28, studying the impact of education on the levels of software piracy in a country. When an aggregated analysis is made, e.g. considering all ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) levels, expenditure on public educational institutions as well as public spending on education have a deterrent effect on piracy, being significant. However, the effect of financial aid to students is positive. When the analysis is made taking into account the ISCED 1997 disaggregation, expenditure on ISCED 5-6 has a negative and significant effect. Taking into account the type of educational institutions, more expenditure on ISCED 1 to 4 will lower piracy. We also found that more financial help to students on higher levels of education, e.g. ISCED 5-6, have a positive and significant effect. Finally, more years of schooling of both primary and secondary education will have a deterrent effect on software piracy.

Keywords: ISCED classification; Software Piracy; Education. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 I21 O34 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 26 pages
Date: 2015-03
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