Can Parental Migration Reduce Petty Corruption in Education?

The income generated from parental migration can increase funds available for children's education. In countries where informal payments to teachers are common migration could therefore increase petty corruption in education. This hypothesis i...

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Main Authors:	Hockel, Lisa Sofie, Silva, Manuel Santos, Stohr, Tobias
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	MIGRATION EDUCATION CORRUPTION SOCIAL REMITTANCES EDUCATION SPENDING
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/685121490640814379/Can-parental-migration-reduce-petty-corruption-in-education http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26356

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spelling	okr-10986-263562021-06-08T14:42:48Z Can Parental Migration Reduce Petty Corruption in Education? Hockel, Lisa Sofie Silva, Manuel Santos Stohr, Tobias MIGRATION EDUCATION CORRUPTION SOCIAL REMITTANCES EDUCATION SPENDING The income generated from parental migration can increase funds available for children's education. In countries where informal payments to teachers are common migration could therefore increase petty corruption in education. This hypothesis is tested by investigating the effect of migration on educational inputs. An instrumental variables approach is used on survey data and matched administrative records from the World Bank's Open Budget Initiative (BOOST) from Moldova, one of the countries with the highest emigration rates. Contrary to the positive income effect, the strongest migration-related response in private education expenditure that is found is a substantial decrease in informal payments to public school teachers. Any positive income effect due to migration must hence be overcompensated by some payment-reducing effects. A number of potential explanations at the family level, school level or community level are discussed, several of these explanations ruled out and possible interpretations for future research highlighted. 2017-04-13T17:09:14Z 2017-04-13T17:09:14Z 2017-03 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/685121490640814379/Can-parental-migration-reduce-petty-corruption-in-education http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26356 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8014 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Europe and Central Asia Moldova
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description	The income generated from parental migration can increase funds available for children's education. In countries where informal payments to teachers are common migration could therefore increase petty corruption in education. This hypothesis is tested by investigating the effect of migration on educational inputs. An instrumental variables approach is used on survey data and matched administrative records from the World Bank's Open Budget Initiative (BOOST) from Moldova, one of the countries with the highest emigration rates. Contrary to the positive income effect, the strongest migration-related response in private education expenditure that is found is a substantial decrease in informal payments to public school teachers. Any positive income effect due to migration must hence be overcompensated by some payment-reducing effects. A number of potential explanations at the family level, school level or community level are discussed, several of these explanations ruled out and possible interpretations for future research highlighted.
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author	Hockel, Lisa Sofie Silva, Manuel Santos Stohr, Tobias
author_facet	Hockel, Lisa Sofie Silva, Manuel Santos Stohr, Tobias
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title	Can Parental Migration Reduce Petty Corruption in Education?
title_short	Can Parental Migration Reduce Petty Corruption in Education?
title_full	Can Parental Migration Reduce Petty Corruption in Education?
title_fullStr	Can Parental Migration Reduce Petty Corruption in Education?
title_full_unstemmed	Can Parental Migration Reduce Petty Corruption in Education?
title_sort	can parental migration reduce petty corruption in education?
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2017
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/685121490640814379/Can-parental-migration-reduce-petty-corruption-in-education http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26356
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Can Parental Migration Reduce Petty Corruption in Education?

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