Effects of public sector wages on corruption: Wage inequality matters

Demirgüç-Kunt, Aslı; Lokshin, Michael; Kolchin, Vladimir

doi:10.1016/j.jce.2023.03.005

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“…The routine activities of public organizations are attached by policies, guidelines, procedures and rules [ 8 ]. Additionally, the central government, non-governmental organizations, the armed forces, and state-owned companies are categorized under public sector [ 9 ]. Public sector organizations work in different specializations, i.e., agriculture, engineering and pure sciences, construction, livestock, and medical.…”

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A systematic review on the roles of knowledge management in public sectors: Synthesis and way forwards

Kassa,

Ning

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A systematic review on the roles of knowledge management in public sectors: Synthesis and way forwards

Kassa,

Ning

2023

Heliyon

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Higher official wages reduce petty not grand corruption: Evidence from China

Liu,

Wang

2024

International Public Management Journal

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Organized Crime, Corruption, and Economic Growth

Fioroni,

Lavezzi,

Trovato

2024

Journal of Regional Science

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In this paper, we study the relationship between organized crime, corruption, and economic growth on a data set from Italian regions for the period 1996–2013. Our working hypothesis is that organized crime can embezzle part of the public expenditure aimed at productive uses by threatening and bribing public officers. To assess the consequences for regional growth we estimate a finite mixture covariate measurement model and find that the relationship between public expenditure and per capita GDP is characterized by parameter heterogeneity. Specifically, regions are partitioned in clusters identified by the initial level of organized crime. The effect of public expenditure on per capita GDP differs across clusters of regions: in the regions with the higher levels of organized crime public expenditure has a negative effect on per capita GDP, and the estimated share of embezzled public expenditure is higher, amounting to approximately 10% of its book value. Differently, in the regions with lower levels of organized crime the effect of public expenditure on per capita GDP is positive and the estimated share of embezzled public expenditure is lower. The empirical analysis is shown to be consistent with a theoretical growth model à la Barro (1990) augmented by corruption orchestrated by organized crime.

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Effects of public sector wages on corruption: Wage inequality matters

Cited by 4 publications

References 47 publications

A systematic review on the roles of knowledge management in public sectors: Synthesis and way forwards

A systematic review on the roles of knowledge management in public sectors: Synthesis and way forwards

Higher official wages reduce petty not grand corruption: Evidence from China

Organized Crime, Corruption, and Economic Growth

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