The extent to which teachers and school directors are held to account may play a central role in determining education outcomes, particularly in developing and transition countries where institutional deficiencies can distort incentives. This paper investigates the relationship between an...

There is general agreement that the existence of participatory institutions is a necessary condition for accountability, especially where top-down institutions are malfunctioning or missing. In education, the evidence on the effectiveness of participatory accountability is mixed. This paper...

Research in Experimental Economics, Volume 15 looks at Gender and corruption. It includes "Culture and Corruption: A Review of the Literature", "Corruption policies: Lessons from the lab", "Validity of Corruption Experiments", "Measuring Corruption", written by S, "To Understand Information as...