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Measuring Corruption in China: An Expenditure‐based Approach Using Household Survey Data
Author(s) -
Zhong Hai
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
economica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.532
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1468-0335
pISSN - 0013-0427
DOI - 10.1111/ecca.12198
Subject(s) - language change , china , clothing , economics , econometrics , measure (data warehouse) , consumption (sociology) , public economics , survey data collection , field survey , demographic economics , statistics , computer science , geography , mathematics , art , social science , literature , archaeology , cartography , database , sociology
Most existing micro‐level empirical analyses of corruption rely on administrative records, special‐purpose surveys or field experiments, which can be difficult or very costly to obtain in some situations. In this paper, we apply an expenditure‐based method of quantifying the extent of corruption in a particular country using household survey data. This method utilizes discrepancies between consumption and reported income to measure corruption. Another contribution of this paper is that it provides the first objective estimate of the extent of corruption in China. We use a quadratic clothing expenditure function to estimate the extent of corruption in China in 2002.