Data and Code for: "Information Systems, Service Delivery, and Corruption: Evidence From the Bangladesh Civil Service"

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Martin Mattsson, National University of Singapore

Version:  View help for Version V1

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Project Citation: 

Mattsson, Martin. Data and Code for: “Information Systems, Service Delivery, and Corruption: Evidence From the Bangladesh Civil Service.” Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2025. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-06-06. https://doi.org/10.3886/E208342V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary The code in this replication package shows how the figures, tables and numbers in the paper was generated. Due to restrictions on sharing the administrative data used in the paper, only the tables, figures, and numbers using survey data can be replicated using the data provided in this package. However, the code shows how all the data was cleaned and how all the output was generated.
Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources JPAL Governance Initiative (GR-0861); International Growth Centre (31422); Yale Economic Growth Center; MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies; Weiss Family Fund; National University of Singapore

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms Public sector management; public service delivery; corruption; state capacity
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      D02 Institutions: Design, Formation, Operations, and Impact
      D73 Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption
      H83 Public Administration; Public Sector Accounting and Audits
      O10 Economic Development: General
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage Bangladesh
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 2018 – 2019
Collection Date(s):  View help for Collection Date(s) 3/2019 – 5/2019; 7/2019 – 9/2019
Universe:  View help for Universe Applicants for land record changes across 112 sub-districts in Bangladesh. 
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) experimental data; program source code; survey data

Methodology

Response Rate:  View help for Response Rate 89%
Sampling:  View help for Sampling
To create the sample of applicants, enumerators were stationed outside land offices to interview all applicants entering the office for the purpose of a land record change. The enumerators stayed outside a specific office for at least two days and until
they had completed at least 20 interviews. The follow-up interviews were conducted by phone approximately three months after the initial interview.
Data Source:  View help for Data Source Surveys conducted for the purpose of this project.
Collection Mode(s):  View help for Collection Mode(s) face-to-face interview; telephone interview
Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation Applicant

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