The Effect of Education on the Acceptability of Corruption in the Netherlands

The goal of this paper is to find out if education has an effect on the approval of corruption by using the European Social Survey. The results show that a higher level of education has a statistically significant effect on the acceptability of corruption. Individuals who have a higher level of education will think corruption is worse than individuals with a lower level of education. The results do not show whether a higher level of education increases or decreases the quantity of corruption. A higher level of income increases the amount of favours and bribes an individual offers to public officials