The Effect of Informal Networks on Corruption in Education: Evidence from the Household Survey Data in Bangladesh
利用2007年孟加拉国家庭调查数据，研究发现官僚程序越多腐败越严重，贫困家庭、教育程度低的户主家庭及有女孩上学的家庭更易受害，而高社会地位家庭通过非正式网络减少贿赂，导致腐败具有累退性。
Abstract Using the 2007 household survey data collected by Transparency International Bangladesh, we examine corruption in the education sector in Bangladesh. Our main findings are (i) the incidence of corruption and the amount of bribe increase with the level of red tape, (ii) poorer households, households with a less educated household head, and households with girls studying in school are more likely to be victims of corruption, (iii) households with higher social status are more likely to use informal networks to bypass the red tape or pay less amount of a bribe and, as a result, (iv) corruption is likely to be regressive.