The informal economy and bribery in North Korea

Byung Yeon Kim; Yu Mi Koh

doi:10.1162/ASEP_a_00092

The informal economy and bribery in North Korea

Byung Yeon Kim, Yu Mi Koh

School of Economics

Seoul National University

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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 theeconomy) and bribe-giving, and between bribe-giving and the umber 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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	104-117
Number of pages	14
Journal	Asian Economic Papers
Volume	10
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1162/ASEP_a_00092
State	Published - Oct 2011

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