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This paper is a first attempt to estimate the size and development of the shadow economy of 158 countries over the period 1991 up to 2015. Using the Multiple Indicators, Multiple Causes (MIMIC) method we apply for the first time (i) the light intensity approach instead of GDP avoiding the...
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Using the MIMIC method, this paper is a first attempt to estimate the size of the shadow economy of 158 countries over the period 1991 up to 2015. In addition to performing a variety of robustness tests, this paper explicitly addresses endogeneity concerns to the use of GDP as cause and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011646238
This paper examines the effect that experiencing corruption has on an individual's mental health using microeconomic … both binary and ordered probit models using both an experience of corruption index and a simple binary variable. Having to … arenas in which corruption can have a damaging effect on mental health. Some evidence is presented that an individual needs …
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Previous studies have documented evidence of endemic corruption in the water and sanitation sector but only a few … studies have examined the link between corruption and access to water. Drawing on data from the Afrobarometer surveys, which … record 45,000 households’ access to water across sub-Saharan Africa, we find that corruption is associated with a lower …
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This paper examines the effect that experiencing corruption has on an individual's mental health using microeconomic … both binary and ordered probit models using both an experience of corruption index and a simple binary variable. Having to … arenas in which corruption can have a damaging effect on mental health. Some evidence is presented that an individual needs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293693
Using the MIMIC method, this paper is a first attempt to estimate the size of the shadow economy of 158 countries over the period 1991 up to 2015. In addition to performing a variety of robustness tests, this paper explicitly addresses endogeneity concerns to the use of GDP as cause and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011657151
This paper is a first attempt to estimate the size and development of the shadow economy of 158 countries over the period 1991 up to 2015. Using the Multiple Indicators, Multiple Causes (MIMIC) method we apply for the first time (i) the light intensity approach instead of GDP avoiding the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011916755
This paper examines the effect that experiencing corruption has on an individual’s mental health using microeconomic … both binary and ordered probit models using both an experience of corruption index and a simple binary variable. Having to … arenas in which corruption can have a damaging effect on mental health. Some evidence is presented that an individual needs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009368603