‘Frontline corruption and emigration in the Western Balkans’

IF 2.2 2区社会学 Q1 DEMOGRAPHY

Migration Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-29 DOI:10.1093/migration/mnad028

Ana Isabel López García, Barry Maydom

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Abstract

Abstract How does frontline corruption influence individuals’ decisions to emigrate? Existing research has found that perceptions of grand political corruption promote emigration, particularly among the highly educated. In this article, we shift the focus to the role of frontline corruption in driving emigration decisions and distinguish between the effects of the payment of bribes to frontline bureaucrats and those of nepotism in public employment. Using data from the Balkan Barometer for the period 2018–21, we find that both bribe-paying experiences and perceived public-sector nepotism are important emigration drivers. Our findings also reveal that the more highly educated an individual is, the greater the influence of perceived nepotism on the emigration decision. However, the influence of first-hand experiences with bribery is larger and remains similar across education categories. Our analysis emphasizes the need to disaggregate the varied manifestations of corruption when examining the determinants of (high-skilled) emigration. This article contributes to our understanding of the drivers of emigration in the Western Balkans and the wider corruption–migration nexus.

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“西巴尔干地区的前线腐败和移民”

摘要:一线腐败如何影响个人的移民决策?现有的研究发现，对严重政治腐败的认知促进了移民，尤其是在受过高等教育的人群中。在本文中，我们将重点转移到一线腐败在推动移民决策中的作用，并区分向一线官员行贿的影响和公共就业中的裙带关系的影响。利用巴尔干晴雨表2018-21年的数据，我们发现行贿经历和公共部门裙带关系都是重要的移民驱动因素。我们的研究结果还表明，个人受教育程度越高，裙带关系对移民决定的影响越大。然而，与贿赂有关的第一手经验的影响更大，并且在各个教育类别中仍然相似。我们的分析强调，在考察(高技能)移民的决定因素时，需要分解腐败的各种表现形式。本文有助于我们理解西巴尔干地区移民的驱动因素以及更广泛的腐败-移民关系。

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Migration Studies DEMOGRAPHY-

CiteScore

4.30

自引率

5.30%

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期刊介绍： Migration shapes human society and inspires ground-breaking research efforts across many different academic disciplines and policy areas. Migration Studies contributes to the consolidation of this field of scholarship, developing the core concepts that link different disciplinary perspectives on migration. To this end, the journal welcomes full-length articles, research notes, and reviews of books, films and other media from those working across the social sciences in all parts of the world. Priority is given to methodological, comparative and theoretical advances. The journal also publishes occasional special issues.