EĞİTİM VE YOKSULLUKLA MÜCADELE: TÜRKİYE’DEN BÖLGESEL BİR KANIT

Çalışmada, Türkiye’de eğitimin yoksullukla mücadeledeki uzun dönemli rolü 2008-2018yılları arasındaki bölgesel düzeydeki veriler kullanılarak araştırılmıştır. Çalışmada, öncelikleverilerin eş bütünleşme özellikleri incelenmiştir. İkinci olarak, eğitim ile yoksulluk arasındaki uzundönemli ilişki Tam Değiştirilmiş En Küçük Kareler ve Dinamik En Küçük Kareler Yöntemlerikullanılarak tahmin edilmiştir. Üçüncü olarak nedenselliğin yönü ele alınmıştır. Çalışmada,ortaöğretim ve yükseköğretimin Türkiye’de bölgesel yoksulluğu azaltmaya katkı sağladığısonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Ayrıca çalışmadan elde edilen sonuçlara göre, yükseköğretimin yoksulluğuazaltma üzerindeki etkisi ortaöğretimden daha fazladır.

EDUCATION AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION: A REGIONAL EVIDENCE FROM TURKEY

In this study, we investigated the long-run role of education on poverty alleviation using the sub-national data of Turkey from 2008 to 2018. Firstly, we explore the cointegration properties of the data. Secondly, we estimate the long-run relationship between education and poverty by employing the Fully Modified OLS (FMOLS) and Dynamic OLS (DOLS) estimators. Thirdly, we reveal the direction of causality. We find that secondary and tertiary education help to eliminate sub-national poverty in Turkey. Moreover, the empirical results demonstrate that tertiary education has a higher effect in comparison with secondary education in reducing poverty.

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