70 | Burton, L. A. (1992). Religion and the family. New York: Haworth Press. |
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| Religion is replacing the family as an important means of identity. |
71 | Butler, M. A., & Harper, J. M. (1994). The divine triangle: God in the marital system of religious couples. Family Process, 33, 277-286. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1545-5300.1994.00277.x |
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| Religion has a positive impact on negative conduct such as corruption. |
72 | Bhalla, S. (2009). The Middle Class Kingdoms of India and China. Peterson Institute for International Economics, Washington, DC. |
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| The rise of the middle class propels national economies. |
74 | Ul-Haque, Nadeem, and Ratna Sahay (1996): Do Government Wage Cuts Close Budget Deficits? Costs of Corruption. International Monetary Fund Staff Papers, 43:4, 754-778. |
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| An increase in wages alone does not reduce corruption in the public sector. |
75 | Bond, P. (2006). “Persistent court corruption.” Economic Journal 118, 1333-1353. http://finance.wharton.upenn.edu/~pbond/research/ms2004460r.pdf |
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| Larger court penalties necessitate higher corruption; Paying court officials wages sufficiently above the market-clearing rate can eliminate the high corruption equilibrium but not corruption. |
76 | Chêne, M. (2009). “Low salaries, the culture of per diems and corruption”, U4 Expert Answer. http://www.u4.no/publications/low-salaries-the-culture-of-perdiems-and-corruption/ |
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| Low government wages in developing countries result in a decline of public sector efficiency and productivity and create incentives and opportunities for corruption, brain drain, and misuse of public resources. |
76 | Department for International Development (DFID). 2012. Impact assessment of the Zimbabwe Health Worker Retention Scheme. https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/213900/Impact-assess-zimb-healthworkers-retention-schemeFinal_20Report_20.pdf |
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| Corruption in the public service erodes resources forservice improvement and development. |
77 | Di Tella, R. and Savedoff, W.D., eds. 2001. Diagnosis corruption: Fraud in Latin America’s public hospitals. Inter American Development Bank: Washington, DC. http://www.iadb.org/en/research-and-data/publicationdetails3169.html?pub_id=b-133f |
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| Corruption is a critical obstacle to social development, well-functioning democratic institutions, and economic progress in developing countries’ public sector. |
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| Higher-than market clearing wages alone is insufficient to deter corruption in the public sector. |