Resumen de Politicians’ Attributes and Institutional Quality in Africa: A Focus on Corruption
I examine the linkage between politicians’ attributes (socio-demographic features, educational attainment, experience, and political ideology) and the control of corruption in Africa. I collected sample data of political leaders from 39 African countries for the period from 1996 to 2010, and estimated a base line model — including covariates, such as size of government, economic development, legal origin, and level of democracy — using the Fixed Effect model. The result indicates that the politicians’ attributes matter significantly in explaining the extent of control of corruption in African countries. This result is robust when considering alternative specifications.
