Abstract/Description
Education is the foundational pillar of every country to find pathways of prosperity, present and future. The question that academicians and legislators are trying to answer circles around whether education planting is corruption or not. On the one hand, a first strand of studies supports the role of education in negatively affecting corruption via, inter alia, channels of legal behavior, social responsibility, improved social cohesion and creation of a shackled society (Asongu & Nwachukwu, 2015; Uslaner & Rothstein 2016, Merloni 2018,; Beets, 2005; Oreopoulos and Salvanes, 2009; Acemoglu and Robinsen 2020). On the other hand, a second stream of studies suggests that education increases participation in corrupt activities (Kaffenberger, 2012; Mocan, 2008; Truex, 2011, Dirwan, 2019). On a general note, exploratory studies are consistent on the subject of the high economic cost of corruption (Ramisha et al., 2022; Heyneman et al., 2007). Hence, this study aims to examine the interplay between corruption and education inequality as well as provide some insights into a major question in development economics: why some developing countries are growing at a faster rate while others are not. It is assumed that the relationship between educational inequality and corruption is not simple. Furthermore, the interplay of education attainment and corruption almost follows the path of the three stages of the production function. Such as, at first stage the decrease of education inequality, the corruption may increase at an increasing rate. In the second stage with the decrease in the education inequality, corruption may increase at a decreasing rate and eventually in the third stage, further decrease in education inequality, corruption may start to decline.
Keywords
Education inequality, corruption, awareness, deep-rooted corruption
Location
MAV 2 room, Adamjee building
Session Theme
Human Development and Inclusion II
Session Type
Parallel Technical Session
Session Chair
Abdul Salam Lodhi, Baluchistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences
Session Discussant
Amir Jahan, Institute of Business Administration ; Sadia Mehboob, Institute of Business Administration
Start Date
9-12-2024 2:30 PM
End Date
9-12-2024 4:30 PM
Recommended Citation
Lodhi, A., Nazir, A., & Toseef, M. (2024). Corruption and Education: A Cross-Analysis using Panel Data. CBER Conference. Retrieved from https://ir.iba.edu.pk/esdcber/2024/program/7
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Corruption and Education: A Cross-Analysis using Panel Data
MAV 2 room, Adamjee building
Education is the foundational pillar of every country to find pathways of prosperity, present and future. The question that academicians and legislators are trying to answer circles around whether education planting is corruption or not. On the one hand, a first strand of studies supports the role of education in negatively affecting corruption via, inter alia, channels of legal behavior, social responsibility, improved social cohesion and creation of a shackled society (Asongu & Nwachukwu, 2015; Uslaner & Rothstein 2016, Merloni 2018,; Beets, 2005; Oreopoulos and Salvanes, 2009; Acemoglu and Robinsen 2020). On the other hand, a second stream of studies suggests that education increases participation in corrupt activities (Kaffenberger, 2012; Mocan, 2008; Truex, 2011, Dirwan, 2019). On a general note, exploratory studies are consistent on the subject of the high economic cost of corruption (Ramisha et al., 2022; Heyneman et al., 2007). Hence, this study aims to examine the interplay between corruption and education inequality as well as provide some insights into a major question in development economics: why some developing countries are growing at a faster rate while others are not. It is assumed that the relationship between educational inequality and corruption is not simple. Furthermore, the interplay of education attainment and corruption almost follows the path of the three stages of the production function. Such as, at first stage the decrease of education inequality, the corruption may increase at an increasing rate. In the second stage with the decrease in the education inequality, corruption may increase at a decreasing rate and eventually in the third stage, further decrease in education inequality, corruption may start to decline.