Article Title
Impact of Education on Poverty Reduction in Costa Rica: A Regional and Urban-Rural Analysis
Abstract
In this article, we analyze the relationship between levels of education and poverty for the different planning regions and also according to urban and rural areas. For the purposes of the study, we use the methodology of Unsatisfied Basic Needs (UBN) to measure poverty in a multidimensional way: access to decent shelter, access to health, access to knowledge, and access to other goods and services (consumption capacity). Based on empirical evidence that uses data from the Population Census of 2011, we conclude that achieving greater levels of education helps people from rural and urban areas and people living in the different planning regions of Costa Rica to escape poverty. Using the methodology of propensity score matching, we show that people who finish secondary education reduce poor shelter between 8.0% and 33.0%, reduce low levels of knowledge between 26.0% and 44.0%, and reduce poor consumption between 12.0% and 30.0%. This is also consistent with the results of finishing secondary education in urban and rural areas since completing secondary education in urban areas would have a significant impact on reducing poverty of shelter in about 36.0%, poverty of access to knowledge in 48.0%, and in 22.0% regarding access to other goods and services (consumption capacity), while completing secondary education in rural areas would reduce poverty of shelter in 18.0%, poverty related to access to knowledge in 30.0%, and poverty in consumption capacity in 32.0%.
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Arias, Rafael; Giménez, Gregorio; and Sánchez, Leonardo
(2016)
"Impact of Education on Poverty Reduction in Costa Rica: A Regional and Urban-Rural Analysis,"
Contemporary Rural Social Work Journal: Vol. 8:
No.
1, Article 3.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.61611/2165-4611.1107
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.murraystate.edu/crsw/vol8/iss1/3