student outcomes. We use data from the auditing of Brazil's local governments to construct objective measures of corruption …This paper examines if money matters in education by looking at whether missing resources due to corruption affect … of corruption across municipalities and controlling for student, school, and municipal characteristics, we find a …

correlates with perceptions of corruption. We find judicial independence to be of major relevance for a tamed bureaucracy. …

The paper studies the effect of additional government revenues on political corruption and on the quality of … endogenous entry of political candidates. The evidence refers to municipalities in Brazil, where federal transfers to municipal … implications of the theory and identify the causal effect of larger federal transfers on political corruption and the observed …

data from Brazil, we track the earnings and employment of campaign workers before and after close elections spanning nearly … hires are relatively more qualified. Our results suggest a potential upside to patronage as campaign connections create new …

selection? In this paper we address this question and collect new information on workplace disclosure to separate out …/bisexual workers earn about 3 to 4 percent less than other men. Our disclosure estimates, however, provide little evidence that the …

, we also provide suggestive evidence that a recent high profile anti-corruption campaign had significant positive effects …While there is substantial corruption in developing countries, the costs imposed by corruption on individuals and … households are little understood. This study examines the relationship between exposure to local corruption and mental health, as …

bribe, which reduces corruption. Appropriate networks are more easily established in small towns, by long-term residents of … battle against corruption faced by policy-makers in rapidly urbanizing countries with high fertility. I show that victims of …