Can Parental Migration Reduce Petty Corruption in Education?

Hockel, Lisa Sofie ; Silva, Manuel Santos ; Stohr, Tobias

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: MIGRATION;    EDUCATION;    CORRUPTION;    SOCIAL REMITTANCES;    EDUCATION SPENDING;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-8014
RP-ID  :  WPS8014

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

The income generated from parentalmigration can increase funds available for children'seducation. In countries where informal payments to teachersare common migration could therefore increase pettycorruption in education. This hypothesis is tested byinvestigating the effect of migration on educational inputs.An instrumental variables approach is used on survey dataand matched administrative records from the WorldBank's Open Budget Initiative (BOOST) from Moldova, oneof the countries with the highest emigration rates. Contraryto the positive income effect, the strongestmigration-related response in private education expenditurethat is found is a substantial decrease in informal paymentsto public school teachers. Any positive income effect due tomigration must hence be overcompensated by somepayment-reducing effects. A number of potential explanationsat the family level, school level or community level arediscussed, several of these explanations ruled out andpossible interpretations for future research highlighted.