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The Impact of Education and Culture on Poverty Reduction: Evidence from Panel Data of European Countries

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  • A. Spada

    (University of Foggia)

  • M. Fiore

    (University of Foggia)

  • A. Galati

    (University of Palermo)

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The 2030 Agenda has among its key objectives the poverty eradication through increasing the level of education. A good level of education and investment in culture of a country is in fact necessary to guarantee a sustainable economy, in which coexists satisfactory levels of quality of life and an equitable distribution of income. There is a lack of studies in particular on the relations between some significant dimensions, such as education, culture and poverty, considering time lags for the measurement of impacts. Therefore, this study aims to fill this gap by focusing on the relationship between education, culture and poverty based on a panel of data from 34 European countries, over a 5-year period, 2015–2019. For this purpose, after applying principal component analysis to avoid multicollinearity problems, the authors applied three different approaches: pooled-ordinary least squares model, fixed effect model and random effect model. Fixed-effects estimator was selected as the optimal and most appropriate model. The results highlight that increasing education and culture levels in these countries reduce poverty. This opens space to new research paths and policy strategies that can start from this connection to implement concrete actions aimed at widening and improving educational and cultural offer.

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  • A. Spada & M. Fiore & A. Galati, 2024. "The Impact of Education and Culture on Poverty Reduction: Evidence from Panel Data of European Countries," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 175(3), pages 927-940, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:soinre:v:175:y:2024:i:3:d:10.1007_s11205-023-03155-0
    DOI: 10.1007/s11205-023-03155-0
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