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Corruption and Public Spending on Education And Health

Applied Economics Letters, Forthcoming

Posted: 11 Jun 2018

See all articles by Mushfiq Swaleheen

Mushfiq Swaleheen

Independent

Mohamed Sami Ben Ali

Qatar University - Department of Economics

Akram Temimi

Qatar University - Department of Economics

Date Written: May 14, 2018

Abstract

Existing country and regional studies show that the effect of corruption on public spending on health and education is mixed. This letter reveals that the effect of corruption on health and education spending is significant and non-linear in a panel of 134 countries observed over two decades: For an overwhelming majority of countries, corruption has a positive effect on the share of public resources spent on public health and a negative effect in the case of education. The results presented are robust to several econometric challenges ignored in the literature.

Keywords: corruption; education; health

JEL Classification: O33; D73; C33

Suggested Citation

Swaleheen, Mushfiq and Ben Ali, Mohamed Sami and Temimi, Akram, Corruption and Public Spending on Education And Health (May 14, 2018). Applied Economics Letters, Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3177991

Mushfiq Swaleheen

Independent ( email )

Mohamed Sami Ben Ali (Contact Author)

Qatar University - Department of Economics ( email )

2713 Doha
Qatar

Akram Temimi

Qatar University - Department of Economics ( email )

2713 Doha
Qatar

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