Education, corruption, and the distribution of income
Education, corruption, and the distribution of income
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DOI：
10.1007/s10887-009-9043-0
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发表时间：
2009-09-01
影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
van Ypersele, Tanguy
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作者：
Eicher, Theo;Garcia-Penalosa, Cecilia;van Ypersele, Tanguy
我们研究教育和腐败之间的相互作用如何影响体制改革和经济发展。虽然腐败降低了平均收入和教育，但教育不仅增加了产出，从而增加了潜在的腐败租金，而且还产生了更知情的选民，更好地监督政府的行动。我们发现，中等教育水平的经济体仍然处于贫困陷阱，因为技能水平创造了足够的腐败租金，但没有足够的监督。教育水平低或高的经济体都可以摆脱贫困陷阱，而不平等在决定是通过体制改革还是通过扩大教育来实现这一目标方面发挥着关键作用。
We examine how the interaction between education and corruption affects institutional reform and economic development. While corruption reduces average income and education, education increases not only output and hence potential corruption rents, but also produces more informed electorates that better monitor government actions. We find that economies with intermediate levels of education remain in a poverty trap since the level of skills creates sufficient corruption rents but not enough monitoring. Economies with low or high levels of education can escape the poverty trap, and inequality plays a key role in determining whether this occurs through a change in institutions or an expansion of education.