Impact of Education on Multidimensional Poverty Reduction at the Post-Poverty Alleviation Era in Xinjiang

Jian Qiu (), Hongsen Wang () and Ailida Aikerbayr
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Jian Qiu: The Second Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University
Ailida Aikerbayr: Xinjiang University

East Asian Economic Review, 2023, vol. 27, issue 3, 243-269

Abstract: The multidimensional poverty index is an indicator system established for defining and evaluating poverty, to understand poverty in dimensions beyond just monetary scarcity. Based on income, education, health, living standards, and social dimensions, this article measures and analyzes the level of multidimensional poverty in Xinjiang using the Alkire-Foster method, with cross-sectional data obtained from a 2022 survey. Probit model is constructed for regression analysis, further considering the impact of education on enhancing feasible capabilities and alleviating multidimensional poverty at the post-poverty alleviation era. The data shows that many people still face significant challenges from the perspective of multidimensional poverty; the decomposition results of each dimension show that education contributes more to the multidimensional poverty; the regression analysis results show that the higher the education level, the lower the multidimensional poverty; heterogeneity analysis revealed that the inhibitory effect of education on multidimensional poverty is greater for females than males, and the poverty reduction effect of education mainly concentrates on middle-aged and older individuals. This article is meaningful for exploring strategies to alleviate multidimensional poverty in ethnic minority regions in frontier areas in the new era, accelerating regional economic development, and achieving shared prosperity.

Keywords: Multidimensional Poverty; Education; Alkire-Foster Method; Poverty Alleviation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I24 I32 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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