@workingpaper{Asongu2015bs,
title = {The incremental effect of education on corruption: evidence of synergy from lifelong learning},
author = {Jacinta Nwachukwu C Simplice A. Asongu},
editor = {African 2015 Governance and Development Institute WP/15/036},
url = {http://www.afridev.org/RePEc/agd/agd-wpaper/The-incremental-effect-of-education-on-corruption.pdf},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-09-01},
abstract = {Education as a tool in the fight against corruption has been subject to much debate in academic
and policy making circles. This note extends what we know on this nexus in a threefold manner:
namely, in terms of: incremental, lifelong learning and synergy effects. Four main findings are
established. First, education is a powerful tool in the fight against corruption. Second, there is
evidence of an incremental effect in the transition from secondary to tertiary education. Third,
lifelong learning defined as knowledge acquired during primary, secondary and tertiary education
negatively affects corruption. Fourth, there is evidence of a ‘synergy effect’ because the impact
of lifelong learning is higher than the combined effects of various educational levels. The
empirical evidence is based on 53 African countries for the period 1996-2010. Two main policy
implications are derived. First, encouraging education through the tertiary level enhances the
fight against corruption. Second, the drive towards a knowledge economy by means of lifelong
learning has ‘corruption mitigating’ benefits.},
keywords = {Lifelong learning; Corruption; Development; Africa},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {workingpaper}
}