Journalartikel
Autorenliste: Mavisakalyan, Astghik; Otrachshenko, Vladimir; Popova, Olga
Jahr der Veröffentlichung: 2021
Seiten: 991-1007
Zeitschrift: Journal of Comparative Economics
Bandnummer: 49
Heftnummer: 4
ISSN: 0147-5967
eISSN: 1095-7227
Open Access Status: Hybrid
DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jce.2021.04.006
Verlag: Elsevier
Abstract:
Corruption is pervasive, but we know little about its effects on individual lives. Using individual-level data from 28 post-communist countries, we demonstrate that bribing for public services worsens self-assessed health. We account for endogeneity of bribery and show that bribing for any type of public service, not just for health services, has an adverse impact. We also find that bribery lowers the quality of services received. Moreover, there are potentially high indirect costs of bribery since, as we show, it comes at the expense of cutting food consumption. These findings suggest that corruption is a potentially important source behind the poor health outcomes in many developing countries.
Zitierstile
Harvard-Zitierstil: Mavisakalyan, A., Otrachshenko, V. and Popova, O. (2021) Can bribery buy health? Evidence from post-communist countries, Journal of Comparative Economics, 49(4), pp. 991-1007. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jce.2021.04.006
APA-Zitierstil: Mavisakalyan, A., Otrachshenko, V., & Popova, O. (2021). Can bribery buy health? Evidence from post-communist countries. Journal of Comparative Economics. 49(4), 991-1007. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jce.2021.04.006
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