Article
Quantifying Corruption by a Human Capital Earnings Equation
International Review of Economics
(2008)
Abstract
This paper uses a human capital earnings equation to quantify administrative corruption in the public sector. Regression analyses are conducted based on information from surveys administered to public officials in Albania. After accounting for officials’ characteristics, e.g., schooling, experience, gender, type of agency, and public and private sectors’ features, we deduce that the administrative corruption was on average 2.6× the officials’ current salary in Albania, which is equivalent to 16.7% of the country’s GDP.
Keywords
- Corruption,
- Human capital earnings,
- Albania
Disciplines
Publication Date
January 11, 2008
DOI
10.1007/s12232-007-0039-9
Citation Information
Omer Gokcekus and Amy Muedin. "Quantifying Corruption by a Human Capital Earnings Equation" International Review of Economics Vol. 55 Iss. 3 (2008) p. 243 - 252 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/omer_gokcekus/4/