Arusha Cooray|Friedrich Schneider
Does corruption promote emigration? An empirical examination
University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus|Johannes Kepler University of Linz
paper investigates effects corruption emigration rate low medium highskilled individuals country level fixedeffects system generalized method moments gmm instrumental variable estimations used establish causal relationship emigration corruption empirical results indicate corruption increases emigration rate highskilled migrants also increases emigration rate individuals low medium levels educational attainment however increases low levels corruption decreases beyond threshold 3440 corruption measured scale 0 corrupt 10 totally corrupt splitting sample income inequality suggests increased inequality reduces ability medium lowskilled migrants emigrate therefore government action focus controlling corruption order prevent brain drain