Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
10-2011
Abstract
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.
Discipline
Economics | International Economics
Research Areas
Applied Microeconomics
Publication
Asian Economic Papers
Volume
10
Issue
3
First Page
104
Last Page
117
ISSN
1535-3516
Identifier
10.1162/ASEP_a_00092
Publisher
MIT Press
Citation
KIM, Byung-Yeon and KOH, Yumi.
The informal economy and bribery in North Korea. (2011). Asian Economic Papers. 10, (3), 104-117.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/2150
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1162/ASEP_a_00092