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ON THE DETERMINANTS OF EDUCATIONAL CORRUPTION: THE CASE OF UKRAINE
Author(s) -
Shaw Philip,
Katsaiti MarinaSelini,
Pecoraro Brandon
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
contemporary economic policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.454
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1465-7287
pISSN - 1074-3529
DOI - 10.1111/coep.12097
Subject(s) - endogeneity , language change , enforcement , variety (cybernetics) , public economics , set (abstract data type) , economics , perception , control (management) , order (exchange) , econometrics , political science , psychology , finance , computer science , art , literature , management , artificial intelligence , neuroscience , law , programming language
This article utilizes a unique data set to examine the relationship between a group of potential explanatory variables and educational corruption in Ukraine. Our corruption controls include bribing on exams, on term papers, for credit, and for university admission. We use a robust nonparametric approach in order to estimate the probability of bribing across the four different categories. This approach is shown to be robust to a variety of different types of endogeneity often encountered under commonly assumed parametric specifications. Our main findings indicate that corruption perceptions, past bribing behavior, and the perceived criminality of bribery are significant factors for all four categories of bribery. From a policy perspective, we argue that when bribe control enforcement is difficult, anti‐corruption education programs targeting social perceptions of corruption could be appropriate. ( JEL K42, J16, C14)