Corruption, Public Employment, and the Quality of the Rule of Law: A Two-Way Causality Test Using Chinese Provincial Panel Data
Using Chinese provincial panel data from 1998 to 2020, this study demonstrates that corruption significantly increases public employment through an "attraction effect" while improvements in the rule of law effectively suppress both corruption and the size of the public sector, highlighting the critical role of legal development in breaking their interlinked cycle.
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