The Cost of Corruption in Higher Education

Heyneman, Stephen P.; Anderson, Kathryn H.; Nuraliyeva, Nazym

doi:10.1086/524367

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“…This is in response to a growing contradictory literature concerning education and political governance issues. In essence, drawing from exploratory studies (e.g., Heyneman, 2004, 2008b, Heyneman et al, 2007 on the high cost of bad governance structures, one strand supports the positive role of education in good political governance (Heyneman, 2002(Heyneman, , 2008aBeets, 2005;Oreopoulos and Salvanes, 2009), whereas another stream suggests that education fuels bad governance practices like corruption (Kaffenberger, 2012;Mocan, 2008;Truex, 2011). Third, the study also investigates whether or not there is a lifelong learning effect in conflict resolution.…”

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The Role of Lifelong Learning in Political Stability and Non-Violence: Evidence from Africa

Asongu

Nwachukwu

2014

SSRN Journal

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Purpose -Education as a weapon in the fight against conflict and violence remains widely debated in policy and academic circles. Against the background of growing political instability in Africa and the central role of the knowledge economy in 21 st century development, this paper provides three contributions to existing literature. It assesses how political stability/ non-violence is linked to the incremental, synergy and lifelong learning effects of education.Design/methodology/approach -We define lifelong learning as the combined knowledge acquired during primary, secondary and tertiary education. Principal component analysis is used to reduce the dimensions of educational and political indicators. An endogeneity robust dynamic system Generalized Methods of Moments is used for the estimations.Findings -We establish three main findings. First, education is a useful weapon in the fight against political instability. Second, there is an incremental effect of education in the transition from secondary to tertiary schools. Third, lifelong learning also has positive and synergy effects. This means that the impact of lifelong learning is higher than the combined independent effects of various educational levels. The empirical evidence is based on 53 African countries for the period 1996-2010.Practical implications -A plethora of policy implications are discussed, inter alia: how the drive towards increasing the knowledge economy through lifelong learning can be an effective tool in the fight against violence and political insurgency in Africa.Originality/value -As the continent is nursing knowledge economy ambitions, the paper is original in investigating the determinants of political stability/non violence from three dimensions of education attainment: the incremental, the lifelong learning and a synergy effect.

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The Role of Lifelong Learning in Political Stability and Non-Violence: Evidence from Africa

Asongu

Nwachukwu

2014

SSRN Journal

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“…There are examples of bad access as a result of both state and market principles of funding higher education (see e.g. Heyneman et al 2008, discussion on corruption in higher education in Eastern Europe). Furthermore, it would be pointless to expand access, even under the market system which produces graduates who are unable to think critically, communicate effectively, and unlikely to be numerate to the level expected of a university graduates.…”

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Financing higher education in sub-Saharan Africa: some reflections and implications for sustainable development

Oketch

2016

High Educ

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The purpose of this article is to discuss how best to finance higher education in low-income countries of sub-Saharan Africa, drawing on benefits and drawbacks of the prevalent models of higher education finance, and lessons to be learned from countries which have seen greater expansion of their higher education systems in recent decades. Two main aspects are distinguished: first, a recognition of the powerful evidence that the general level of education in a country, its human capital, matters in determining a path to economic development; second, understanding that it does not help to produce large number of unemployed graduates whose only option due to absence of jobs is to engage in rent-seeking activities which in the end undermine both the essence of the human capital investment made, and job creation to be associated with human capital skills. Three areas are discussed, fully publicly financed ''free'' university education model; feasibility and lessons about fees; feasibility and lessons about loans. In addition, the paper makes suggestions on the measures to widen participation and promote equity and quality.

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“…Such bribes are known to be a severe problem in education systems in many developing and emerging countries and throughout Eastern and South Eastern Europe. Heyneman, Anderson, and Nuraliyeva (2008), for example, discuss survey data which indicate that about 80% of university students in Moldova, Bulgaria and Serbia were aware of illegal bribe paying in university admission. According to the 2013 Global Corruption Barometer, 37% of households in Moldova that came into contact with education authorities paid bribes in the 12 months before the survey and 58% of respondents perceive the education system to be corrupt or highly corrupt (Transparency International 2013).…”

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“…Informal payments are problematic for two main reasons: first, at the household level, they impose a "tax" on education that may reduce the incentives to human capital accumulation; second, at a more aggregate level, they create distortions on performance incentives for teachers, parents, and students. Thus, informal payments are expected to contribute to a less functional and less egalitarian public education system (e.g., Heyneman, Anderson, and Nuraliyeva 2008;Lepisto and Kazimzade 2008;Osipian 2009). …”

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Can Parental Migration Reduce Petty Corruption in Education?

Höckel

Silva²,

Stöhr³

2017

The World Bank Economic Review

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The Cost of Corruption in Higher Education

Cited by 166 publications

References 28 publications

The Role of Lifelong Learning in Political Stability and Non-Violence: Evidence from Africa

The Role of Lifelong Learning in Political Stability and Non-Violence: Evidence from Africa

Financing higher education in sub-Saharan Africa: some reflections and implications for sustainable development

Can Parental Migration Reduce Petty Corruption in Education?

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