Divorce and Corruption: New Study, New Data

Kodila-Tedika, Oasis and Azia-Dimbu, Florentin and Kalemasi-Mosengo, Cedrick (2012): Divorce and Corruption: New Study, New Data. Forthcoming in: The Empirical Economics Letters

Abstract

This paper aims at identifying the effects of divorce alongside on corruption controlling. We find no significant effect of divorce on corruption. The same conclusion is found in cross-section and panel data.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Divorce, corruption, Europe
• Subjects: J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J1 - Demographic Economics > J12 - Marriage ; Marital Dissolution ; Family Structure ; Domestic Abuse; Z - Other Special Topics > Z1 - Cultural Economics ; Economic Sociology ; Economic Anthropology > Z13 - Economic Sociology ; Economic Anthropology ; Social and Economic Stratification

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