Does Corruption Affect Health and Education Outcomes in the Philippines?

Azfar, Omar; Gurgur, Tugrul

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“…He asserts that household perception of corruption negatively influences satisfaction with service delivery. The importance of corruption, as indicated by public officials' perceptions, in determining household satisfaction with health and education was analyzed by Azfar and Gurgur (2004). They also find that (perceived) corruption negatively affects satisfaction.…”

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“…He does not address possible problems related to the endogeneity of perceived corruption. Azfar and Gurgur (2004) examine the influence of public officials' perceived corruption on health and education outcomes, including satisfaction. Their argument is that by using public officials' perceptions they avoid potential problems of endogeneity in explaining households' satisfaction.…”

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“…22 22 The generally low values of pseudo R 2 s presented in this paper are common in ordered and binary choice analyses. See, e.g., Azfar and Gurgur (2004). …”

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Determining Citizen Satisfaction with Local Public Education in Indonesia: The Significance of Actual Service Quality and Governance Conditions

Lewis¹,

Pattinasarany²

2009

Growth and Change

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Indonesians appear content with local public education, despite independent concerns about quality in the international context. Over 85 percent of respondents from the recent Governance and Decentralization Survey claim to be at least somewhat satisfied with primary school education. This study argues that the generally high levels of reported satisfaction are probably exaggerated because of courtesy bias, low expectations, and optimistic predispositions. Survey responses are best thought of as indicative of relative, and not absolute, levels of satisfaction. The empirical examination shows that objective measures of service quality and governance conditions are both significant determinants of the probability that households are satisfied with local public education. The significance of governance holds regardless of whether pertinent variables are assumed to be exogenous or whether they are specified as endogenously determined, although the endogenous specification performs much better, in general. The evidence suggests a cautious approach toward the use and interpretation of score card initiatives, which attempt to employ citizen satisfaction as a close proxy for actual quality of services, in nonrandom samples, and without controlling for other factors. In addition, the results provide a novel rationale for improving the local governance environment. Copyright (c) 2009 Copyright the Authors. Journal compilation (c) 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc..

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2009

Growth and Change

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“…However, such bivariate association may be misleading, and it has been argued that responsiveness is not just a matter of health spending (World Health Organization 2000). Characteristics such as institutional factors have also been suggested as important determinants of whether a country's health system meets its citizens' expectations (Blendon, Kim, and Benson 2001; Azfar and Gurgur 2008). Furthermore, there are likely to be a range of influences on the health system beyond the immediate control of health policy makers that should also in principle be modelled.…”

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Health Systems' Responsiveness and Its Characteristics: A Cross‐Country Comparative Analysis

Robone

Rice

Smith

2011

Health Services Research

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OBJECTIVES. Responsiveness has been identified as one of the intrinsic goals of health care systems. Little is known, however, about its determinants. Our objective is to investigate the potential country-level drivers of health system responsiveness. DATA SOURCE. Data on responsiveness are taken from the World Health Survey. Information on country-level characteristics is obtained from a variety of sources including the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). STUDY DESIGN. A two-step procedure. First, using survey data we derive a country-level measure of system responsiveness purged of differences in individual reporting behavior. Secondly, we run cross-sectional country-level regressions of responsiveness on potential drivers. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS. Health care expenditures per capita are positively associated with responsiveness, after controlling for the influence of potential confounding factors. Aspects of responsiveness are also associated with public sector spending (negatively) and educational development (positively). CONCLUSIONS. From a policy perspective, improvements in responsiveness may require higher spending levels. The expansion of nonpublic sector provision, perhaps in the form of increased patient choice, may also serve to improve responsiveness. However, these inferences are tentative and require further study.

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“…Corruption has a very direct and significant effect on people's lives (Azfar & Gurgur, 2008). Gupta and his colleagues (2002) examined the impact of corruption on income distribution and poverty by accounting for the effect of corruption on economic growth, tax system, social programs, asset ownership, and educational attainment.…”

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Economic Crisis and Corruption in the European Union

Gugiu

2016

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Although significant attention has been paid to the impact of the recent economic crisis on European economies, less attention has been devoted to the association between the economic crisis and corruption. Utilizing structural equation modeling (SEM), the present study investigated the structural relationship between the economic crisis and perceptions of corruption in the European Union. Standard and multilevel SEM was used to estimate the relationship between the economic crisis and perceptions of corruption utilizing data from the 2011 Eurobarometer. The results confirmed the hypothesized model. Specifically, the study found a moderately strong direct positive relationship between the economic crisis and perceptions of corruption. The results indicated that a one-size-fits-all policy aimed at combating corruption, or perceptions thereof, is likely to yield inconsistent results.

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Does Corruption Affect Health and Education Outcomes in the Philippines?

Cited by 23 publications

References 11 publications

Determining Citizen Satisfaction with Local Public Education in Indonesia: The Significance of Actual Service Quality and Governance Conditions

Determining Citizen Satisfaction with Local Public Education in Indonesia: The Significance of Actual Service Quality and Governance Conditions

Health Systems' Responsiveness and Its Characteristics: A Cross‐Country Comparative Analysis

Economic Crisis and Corruption in the European Union

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