The informal economy and bribery in North Korea

This paper uses the data of 227 North Korean refugees who have settled in South Korea to investigate the relationship between working in the informal economy (market component of the economy) and bribe-giving, and between bribe-giving and the number of hours worked in the formal sector (planned comp...

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Main Authors:	KIM, Byung-Yeon, KOH, Yumi
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Published:	Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2011
Subjects:	Economics International Economics
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description	This paper uses the data of 227 North Korean refugees who have settled in South Korea to investigate the relationship between working in the informal economy (market component of the economy) and bribe-giving, and between bribe-giving and the number of hours worked in the formal sector (planned component of the economy). The first relationship is positive, and the second relationship is negative. These results imply that widespread informal economy activities in North Korea have been undermining the socialist regime through bribery.
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title	The informal economy and bribery in North Korea
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publisher	Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate	2011
url	https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/2150 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soe_research/article/3150/viewcontent/InformalEconomyBriberyNorthKorea_2011.pdf
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The informal economy and bribery in North Korea

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