Fighting Corruption in Education: What Works and Who Benefits?

被引:30
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作者
Borcan, Oana [1 ]
Lindahl, Mikael [2 ,3 ]
Mitrut, Andreea [4 ,5 ]
机构
[1] Univ East Anglia, Sch Econ, Norwich NR4 7TJ, Norfolk, England
[2] Univ Gothenburg, Dept Econ, Box 640, S-40530 Gothenburg, Sweden
[3] UCLS, CESifo, IF AU, IZA, Uppsala, Sweden
[4] Univ Gothenburg, Dept Econ, Box 640, S-40530 Gothenburg, Sweden
[5] UCLS, Uppsala, Sweden
基金
欧洲研究理事会;
关键词
SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS; INCENTIVES; BEHAVIOR; AUDITS;
D O I
10.1257/pol.20150074
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
We investigate the efficiency and distributional consequences of a corruptionfighting initiative in Romania targeting the endemic fraud in a high-stakes high school exit exam, which introduced CCTV monitoring of the exam and credible punishment threats. We find that punishment coupled with monitoring was effective in reducing corruption. Estimating the heterogeneous impact for students of different ability, poverty status, and gender, we show that fighting corruption led to efficiency gains (ability predicts exam outcomes better) but also to a worrisome score gap increase between poor and non-poor students. Consequently,the poor students have reduced chances to enter an elite university.
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页码:180 / 209
页数:30
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