Three essays in empirical and experimental development economics : pro-social behavior, monitoring of development-linked public goods and inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa

vorgelegt von Edward Asiedu

The dissertation contributes to three important issues in development economics, i.e. corruption behavior, the monitoring of development-linked public goods and inequality. The dissertation uniquely combines both empirical and experimental methods. Chapter 1 examines corruption (anti-social behavior) across Sub-Saharan Africa. In this chapter, we consider the micro-economic determinants of corruption behavior and provides implications for institutions. In addition, the 2004 World Development Report emphasizes putting poor people at the center of monitoring of development-oriented programs i...

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Asiedu, Edward
Other Persons:	Ibáñez, Marcela (degree supervisor) ; Klasen, Stephan (Reviewer) ; Brümmer, Bernhard (Reviewer)
Subject:	Africa \| Ghana \| Field experiments \| Corruption \| Behavior \| Gender \| public policy \| norm enforcement \| culture \| inequality \| collective action \| status \| age \| punishment \| Development-Linked Public Goods \| Öffentliche Güter \| Public goods \| Korruption \| Soziale Ungleichheit \| Social inequality \| Rechtsdurchsetzung \| Law enforcement \| Geschlechterdiskriminierung \| Gender discrimination \| Strafe \| Punishment \| Feldforschung \| Field research \| Subsahara-Afrika \| Sub-Saharan Africa