| Summary: | The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of poverty rates upon corruption phenomena.
Reducing poverty and social exclusion has become crucial nowadays, bringing along positive effects
upon the perceived cleanliness from corruption. Our paper evaluates various poverty proxies as
subjectively assessed corruption determinants through linear and parametric approaches, for the
sample of EU-27 member states and for the 2015-2022 time span. We determine threshold values for
the at risk of poverty rates on genders and age groups, as inflection points for the second degree
polynomial function of poverty’s impact upon the Corruption Perception Index. Policy implications
emerge, in order to maximize the beneficial effects of poverty reduction upon corruption.
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