This paper addresses the causal relationship between corruption and youth unemployment from two different perspectives …. The discussion starts by asking how the corruption practices within government institutions that encourage the payment of … the dynamic effect between perceived bribery among officials and the youth unemployment rates, the paper finds that, after …

competition and corruption levels. This paper adds to the evidence base, using data on almost 34,000 firms from the World Bank …

This paper investigates corruption and tax evasion and their firm-level determinants across 25,000 firms in 57 … evade more taxes. Corruption acts as a tax on innovation, particularly that of small and young firms. Innovating firms pay a … innovators in developing countries and the role of banks in curbing corruption and tax evasion. …

In the standard model of corruption, the rich are more likely to pay bribes for their children's education, reflecting … Bangladesh, this paper finds strong evidence that corruption in schools is doubly regressive: (i) the poor are more likely to pay … implies that "free schooling" is free only for the rich and corruption makes the playing field skewed against the poor. This …

Estimates of the extent of corruption rely largely on self-reports of individuals, business managers, and government … legal stigma are attached, implying a downward bias in survey-based estimates of corruption. This paper develops a method to … estimate the prevalence of reticent behavior, in order to isolate rates of corruption that fully reflect respondent reticence …

The control of bribery is a policy objective in many developing countries. It has been argued that asymmetric … punishments could reduce bribery by incentivizing whistle-blowing. This paper investigates the role played by asymmetric … endogenously. First, when detection rates are fixed, the symmetry properties of punishment are irrelevant to bribery. Bribery …

quality of services. It also shows that corruption leads to adjustments in the quantity, quality, and price of services … privatization and the introduction of independent regulators have, at best, only partial effects on the consequences of corruption …

This paper examines what we can say about the extent and impact of corruption in infrastructure in developing countries … using existing evidence. It looks at different approaches to estimating the extent of corruption and reports on the results … very weak proxies for the actual extent of corruption in the infrastructure sector, largely (but inaccurately) measuring …

: large payments to gain or alter contracts and circumvent regulations are common. The impact of corruption goes beyond bribe …-and this is where the major impact of corruption is felt. Regulation of the sector is necessary, but simplicity, transparency … enforced regulation of the construction process. Where government is the client, attempts to counter corruption need to begin …

This paper discusses mechanisms of grand corruption in private sector utility provision in developing countries. By the … term "grand corruption," the authors abstract from the petty corruption that consumers experience - for example, when firms … government level involving private sector management, ownership, and provision of utility services. Corruption at that level may …