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Table 4 Results of estimates of the effects of corrupt practices on the share of expenditure in % of expenditure [6]

From: Allocating budget in developing countries, the need to fight corruption: evidence from Sub-Saharan African countries

Variables

hl_pctexp

edu_pctexp

def_pctexp

min_pctexp

trn_pctexp

com_pctexp

oth_pctexp

Corrup

0.107*

−0.276

0.302**

−0.230

0.0395

−0.0766

2.262

 

(0.105)

(0.287)

(0.166)

(0.200)

(0.122)

(0.0547)

(1.613)

Pop_grow

−0.0324**

−0.0174

−0.101*

0.155

0.0529**

−0.0376

−0.511

 

(0.0538)

(0.0933)

(0.199)

(0.141)

(0.0602)

(0.0255)

(0.537)

GDP_grow

0.00661

0.0139

0.0596*

0.0144

−0.0105

−0.00247

0.106*

 

(0.00599)

(0.0237)

(0.0334)

(0.0140)

(0.0141)

(0.00462)

(0.0592)

infla

−0.000485

−0.000638

0.00228

0.000328

−0.00171

0.00705

0.0100

 

(0.000483)

(0.000864)

(0.00258)

(0.00108)

(0.00224)

(0.00456)

(0.00939)

L.hl_pctexp

0.685***

      
 

(0.0928)

      

L.edu_pctexp

 

0.684***

     
  

(0.0724)

     

L.def_pctexp

  

0.687***

    
   

(0.120)

    

L.min_pctexp

   

0.746***

   
    

(0.140)

   

L.trn_pctexp

    

0.740***

  
     

(0.129)

  

L.com_pctexp

     

0.498**

 
      

(0.225)

 

L.oth_pctexp

      

0.939***

       

(0.0815)

Constant

1.289**

3.759**

2.380

0.356

0.849

0.589

13.55

 

(0.520)

(1.495)

(2.317)

(0.728)

(0.587)

(0.532)

0

Observations

441

441

441

382

365

251

596

Number of ID

21

21

21

19

19

16

29

  1. Standard errors in parentheses