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A number of recent studies for Latin America show that there is a trade-off between corruption and inequality in the presence of a large informal sector. All papers from these studies suggest that as the size of the informal economy grows, corruption is less harmful to inequality. These and other available evidence suggest that corruption varies inversely with development.
Research Seminar - Corruption, inequality and the shadow economy
Date: Monday 26th November 2012
Time: 2:00pm
Venue: Joondalup campus, Building 2, Room 443.
Presented by: Dr Shrabani Saha, School of Accounting, Finance and Economics and Associate Professor Saibal Kar, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta, IZA, Bonn, Germany.
ECU's School of Accounting, Finance and Economics invites you to attend the research seminar:
Corruption, inequality and the shadow economy: Evidence from Asia
While cross-country interest on this issue is not uncommon, region-specific or country-specific evidence is relatively scant. This study offers a detailed panel data analysis for 19 countries in Asia between 1980-2008 to observe the possible linkage between corruption and inequality, both being reportedly high under acceptable indices.