%0 Journal Article %1 pazmandy2011socioeconomic %A Pázmándy, Matthias %D 2011 %J Hamburg Review of Social Sciences %K 2011 EB_input2016 Eurobarometer FDZ_IUP article checked english fdz_jb indexproved input2016 noindex review_proved reviewed %N 3 %P 52-80 %T Socio-economic influences on corruption perception: empirical evidence from 27 European countries %V 5 %X Corruption perception is widely used as an indicator for real corruption in the scientific literature. This paper further advances the critical debate about the validity of this indicator. This study aims to get a more detailed understanding on how socio-economic factors influence corruption perception, both on individual as well as on country level. Therefore, a multilevel regression analysis was performed. The dataset of the Eurobarometer 72.2 2009 contains more European countries than any other study before. It includes 26 663 citizens from 27 European countries, individual and country level determinants of corruption perception widely used in literature, as well as a question about the actual experience of corruption, thus making it possible to control for real corruption. The results show that on country level corruption perception is particularly influenced by GDP and the average years of education in a country. On the individual level it is mainly influenced by social status and unemployment. Corruption experience does not have an influence on corruption perception. This study serves as a basis for further research on the concept of corruption perception and objective corruption indicators like actual corruption experience.

@article{pazmandy2011socioeconomic, abstract = {Corruption perception is widely used as an indicator for real corruption in the scientific literature. This paper further advances the critical debate about the validity of this indicator. This study aims to get a more detailed understanding on how socio-economic factors influence corruption perception, both on individual as well as on country level. Therefore, a multilevel regression analysis was performed. The dataset of the Eurobarometer 72.2 2009 contains more European countries than any other study before. It includes 26 663 citizens from 27 European countries, individual and country level determinants of corruption perception widely used in literature, as well as a question about the actual experience of corruption, thus making it possible to control for real corruption. The results show that on country level corruption perception is particularly influenced by GDP and the average years of education in a country. On the individual level it is mainly influenced by social status and unemployment. Corruption experience does not have an influence on corruption perception. This study serves as a basis for further research on the concept of corruption perception and objective corruption indicators like actual corruption experience. }, added-at = {2019-03-20T18:49:19.000+0100}, author = {Pázmándy, Matthias}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/256c6447d48e8568a58f4e73c0fc8bd04/gesis_dump}, interhash = {1371dd10c0c7a71a166177fb5fd53eaf}, intrahash = {56c6447d48e8568a58f4e73c0fc8bd04}, journal = {Hamburg Review of Social Sciences}, keywords = {2011 EB_input2016 Eurobarometer FDZ_IUP article checked english fdz_jb indexproved input2016 noindex review_proved reviewed}, note = {(Eurobarometer)}, number = 3, pages = {52-80}, tagadata-svko-dda-test = {10272}, tagadata-svkoddatest2 = {10265}, timestamp = {2019-10-01T13:00:39.000+0200}, title = {Socio-economic influences on corruption perception: empirical evidence from 27 European countries}, volume = 5, year = 2011 }