The Effects of Corruption on Satisfaction with Local and National Governments. Does Corruption ‘Grease the Wheels’?

Habibov, Nazim; Fan, Lida; Auchynnikava, Alena

doi:10.1080/09668136.2018.1562044

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“…This finding suggests that turning a blind eye to "sand the wheels" payments is hardly an option since it reduces satisfaction with local and national governments. On the one hand, this finding contradicts those of Habibov et al [64], who reported that individuals tend to blame local rather than national governments for corruption. The authors explained that healthcare is mostly managed at the local level, which helps national governments escape the blame for healthcare corruption.…”

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How Different Motivations for Making Informal Out-Of-Pocket Payments Vary in Their Influence on Users’ Satisfaction with Healthcare, Local and National Government, and Satisfaction with Life?

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Auchynnikava

Fan

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BioMed Research International

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Background. The dominant view in the literature is that informal payments in healthcare universally are a negative phenomenon. By contrast, we theorize that the motivation healthcare users for making informal payments (IP) can be classified into three categories: (1) a cultural norm, (2) “grease the wheels” payments if users offered to pay to get better services, and (3) “sand the wheels” payments if users were asked to pay by healthcare personnel or felt that payments were expected. We further hypothesize that these three categories of payments are differently associated with a user’s outcomes, namely, satisfaction with healthcare, local and national government, satisfaction with life, and satisfaction with life of children in the future. Methods. We used microdata from the 2016 Life-in-Transition survey. Multivariate regression analysis is used to quantify relationships between these categories of payments and users’ outcomes. Results. Payments that are the result of cultural norms are associated with better outcomes. On the contrary, “sand the wheel” payments are associated with worse outcomes. We find no association between making “grease the wheels” payments and outcomes. Conclusions. This is the first paper which evaluates association between three different categories of informal payments with a wide range of users’ outcomes on a diverse sample of countries. Focusing on informal payments in general, rather than explicitly examining specific motivations, obscures the true outcomes of making IP. It is important to distinguish between three different motivations for informal payment, namely, cultural norms, “grease the wheels,” and “sand the wheels” since they have varying associations with user outcomes. From a policy making standpoint, variation in the links between different motivations for making IP and measures of satisfaction suggest that decision-makers should put their primary focus on situations where IP are explicitly asked for or are implied by the situation and that they should differentiate this from cases of gratitude payments. If such measures are not implemented, then policy makers may unintentionally ban the behaviour that is linked with increased satisfaction with healthcare, government, and life (i.e., paying gratitude).

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Section: Satisfaction With Healthcarecontrasting

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How Different Motivations for Making Informal Out-Of-Pocket Payments Vary in Their Influence on Users’ Satisfaction with Healthcare, Local and National Government, and Satisfaction with Life?

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Auchynnikava

Fan

et al. 2021

BioMed Research International

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“…Past research provides arguments that corruption at the local level is more pronounced if compared to the corruption at the national level (Habibov et al, 2019). Although some studies aimed to quantify corruption at the local level (e.g., Linhartov a & Volejn ıkov a, 2015), the incidence of corruption belongs to dark numbers and measuring the corruption prevalence at national and sub-national level remains highly subjective.…”

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“…In corrupt societies and communities, government priorities do not enhance development and economic policy is inefficient (d' Agostino et al, 2016;Kaufmann & Wei, 2000). Habibov et al (2019) link corruption and satisfaction with government performance on local and national level. More concretely, they find that corruption lowers the level of satisfaction with local and national government, but also indicate that there is a stronger negative effect of corruption in local than in national government.…”

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Determinants of corruption pressures on local government in the E.U.

Slijepčević

Rajh

Budak

2020

Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja

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This article investigates corruption pressures at the sub-national government level by employing a novel approach of empirically assessing the subjective opinions of local councillors about corruption risks they have been exposed to. Based on the large survey data collected in 14 European countries we provide evidence that individual perceptions of corruption risk experienced by local councillors are formed by their personal characteristics, where educational attainment stands as the most significant deterrent to corruption risk. The comparative assessment of non-transition and post-transition countries (PTCs) shows that respondents from PTCs exhibit higher levels of perceived corruption pressures on the local government level (PCL). In non-transition countries, councillors in the local government units with more fiscal power are more exposed to corruption. When government effectiveness is included, the effect of transition process and local fiscal decentralisation loses significance. Government effectiveness appears to be a strong tool to alleviate the corruption pressure at the local government level, in particular for younger councillors in PTCs The findings shed more light on the issues of corruption, which is a striking problem at the sub-national government level in the E.U. Policy implications and suggestions for future research are offered.

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“…Citizens’ satisfaction results from the performance of the government in rendering public services. Citizens tend to support the government in the case of satisfactory performance and withdraw support for less satisfactory performance (Habibov et al, 2019). Regarding the effects of corruption, it seems there is no agreement.…”

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Citizens’ Satisfaction with Government in a Highly Corrupt Public Life: Role of Trust in Democracy and Civil Society Participation in Somalia

Mishra

Abdullahi²

2020

Journal of Asian and African Studies

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Corruption is the biggest obstacle in the way of human development. In a highly corrupt public life, citizens’ satisfaction seems to be a mirage. But can citizens’ satisfaction be possible even if there is less chance of sounding the death knell for corruption? To investigate this, this study examines the mediating effect of trust in democracy and civil society participation in the relationship of corruption and citizens’ satisfaction in the context of Somalia, considered to be the most corrupt country in the world. Using a survey, a total of 205 valid responses from public service users in Somalia were put into confirmatory factor analysis. The empirical results show the partial mediation of civil society participation and trust in democracy; however, civil society participation is more effective than trust in democracy in mediating the relationship of corruption and citizens’ satisfaction, because of less negative indirect effect.

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The Effects of Corruption on Satisfaction with Local and National Governments. Does Corruption ‘Grease the Wheels’?

Cited by 32 publications

References 47 publications

How Different Motivations for Making Informal Out-Of-Pocket Payments Vary in Their Influence on Users’ Satisfaction with Healthcare, Local and National Government, and Satisfaction with Life?

How Different Motivations for Making Informal Out-Of-Pocket Payments Vary in Their Influence on Users’ Satisfaction with Healthcare, Local and National Government, and Satisfaction with Life?

Determinants of corruption pressures on local government in the E.U.

Citizens’ Satisfaction with Government in a Highly Corrupt Public Life: Role of Trust in Democracy and Civil Society Participation in Somalia

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