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. To test this hypothesis, we investigate the effect of migration on educati...

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Main Authors:	Höckel, Lisa Sofie, Santos Silva, Manuel, Stöhr, Tobias
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2019
Subjects:	MIGRATION CORRUPTION EDUCATION SPENDING REMITTANCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS PRIVATE EDUCATION
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32167

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spelling	okr-10986-321672021-05-25T10:54:42Z Can Parental Migration Reduce Petty Corruption in Education? Höckel, Lisa Sofie Santos Silva, Manuel Stöhr, Tobias MIGRATION CORRUPTION EDUCATION SPENDING REMITTANCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS PRIVATE 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. To test this hypothesis, we investigate the effect of migration on educational inputs. We use an instrumental variables approach 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, we find that the strongest migration-related response in private education expenditure 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. We discuss a number of potential explanations at the family level, school level or community level. We furthermore rule out several of these explanations and highlight possible interpretations for future research. 2019-08-05T17:29:16Z 2019-08-05T17:29:16Z 2018-02-01 Journal Article World Bank Economic Review 1564-698X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32167 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Europe and Central Asia Moldova
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spellingShingle	MIGRATION CORRUPTION EDUCATION SPENDING REMITTANCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS PRIVATE EDUCATION Höckel, Lisa Sofie Santos Silva, Manuel Stöhr, Tobias Can Parental Migration Reduce Petty Corruption in Education?
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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. To test this hypothesis, we investigate the effect of migration on educational inputs. We use an instrumental variables approach 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, we find that the strongest migration-related response in private education expenditure 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. We discuss a number of potential explanations at the family level, school level or community level. We furthermore rule out several of these explanations and highlight possible interpretations for future research.
format	Journal Article
author	Höckel, Lisa Sofie Santos Silva, Manuel Stöhr, Tobias
author_facet	Höckel, Lisa Sofie Santos Silva, Manuel Stöhr, 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?
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publisher	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
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Can Parental Migration Reduce Petty Corruption in Education?

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