DOES GLOBALIZATION REDUCE POVERTY AT EACH LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT? - SENSITIVITY TO POVERTY LINES

Year 2024, Volume: 46 Issue: 1, 195 - 220, 27.06.2024

Raziye Selim , Gizem Kaya

https://doi.org/10.14780/muiibd.1404123

Abstract

This paper aims to estimate the effect of globalization on poverty by using alternative poverty lines, namely the World Bank’s $ 3.10-a-day poverty approach and national poverty line in comparison with the World Bank’s $ 1.90-a-day absolute poverty approach. The data covers 176 countries for the 2005-2018 period, and the methodology is based on heterogeneous panel data analysis. According to the results, globalization reduces absolute poverty in the least developed and developing countries. Moreover, the negative effect is found as significant only for the least developed countries in terms of national poverty. Lastly, globalization does not reduce poverty in developed countries.

Keywords

Globalization, Poverty, Economic Development, Education

KÜRESELLEŞME HER GELİŞMİŞLİK DÜZEYİNDE YOKSULLUĞU AZALTIYOR MU? - YOKSULLUK SINIRLARINA DUYARLILIK

Abstract

Bu çalışma, Dünya Bankası'nın günde 3,10 Dolar yoksulluk yaklaşımı ve ulusal yoksulluk sınırı gibi alternatif yoksulluk sınırlarını kullanarak küreselleşmenin yoksulluk üzerindeki etkisini Dünya Bankası'nın günde 1,90 Dolar mutlak yoksulluk yaklaşımıyla karşılaştırmalı olarak tahmin etmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Çalışmanın verileri 2005-2018 dönemi için 176 ülke olarak geniş bir veri setini kapsamakta ve çalışmanın metodolojisi heterojen panel veri analizine dayanmaktadır. Çalışmanın sonucuna göre, küreselleşme az gelişmiş ülkelerde ve gelişmekte olan ülkelerde mutlak yoksulluğu azaltmaktadır. Buna ek olarak, küreselleşmenin yoksulluk üzerindeki negatif etkisi ulusal yoksulluk yaklaşımı ile sadece az gelişmiş ülkeler için anlamlı bulunmuştur. Son olarak, çalışmanın sonucunda göre küreselleşmenin gelişmiş ülkelerde yoksulluğu azaltmadığı bulunmuştur.

Keywords

Küreselleşme, Yoksulluk, Ekonomik Kalkınma, Eğitim

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