Public sector pay and corruption: Measuring bribery from micro data

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 91, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 963-991

  Gorodnichenko, Yuriy ^a   Sabirianova Peter, Klara ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bribery; Consumption; Corruption; Public sector; Ukraine; Wage; Wage differentials

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947112810     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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