Determinants of poverty : evidence from Europe countries (2006-2015) / Nor Farwizah Amirun Ajit

The purpose of this study was to examine the determinants of poverty in Europe countries. The dependent variable of this study is poverty gap while independent variable are gross domestic product, income inequality, population growth and unemployment. The type of data used in this study is panel dat...

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Main Author: Amirun Ajit, Nor Farwizah
Format: Student Project
Language:English
Published: 2020
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32457/
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description The purpose of this study was to examine the determinants of poverty in Europe countries. The dependent variable of this study is poverty gap while independent variable are gross domestic product, income inequality, population growth and unemployment. The type of data used in this study is panel data. The sample pf study consists of 6 Europe countries and data collected cover the period from 2006 until 2015. This current study employs a Panel Regression Fixed Effect Model in order to study the determinants of poverty in Europe countries. The result of this study showed that income inequality has positively significant relationship between poverty. Next, unemployment is positive but insignificant relationship between poverty. In addition, gross domestic product have negatively significant relationship between poverty.
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spelling uitm-324572020-07-16T02:14:16Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32457/ Determinants of poverty : evidence from Europe countries (2006-2015) / Nor Farwizah Amirun Ajit Amirun Ajit, Nor Farwizah Economics Macroeconomics Business cycles. Economic fluctuations. Economic indicators Poor. Poverty The purpose of this study was to examine the determinants of poverty in Europe countries. The dependent variable of this study is poverty gap while independent variable are gross domestic product, income inequality, population growth and unemployment. The type of data used in this study is panel data. The sample pf study consists of 6 Europe countries and data collected cover the period from 2006 until 2015. This current study employs a Panel Regression Fixed Effect Model in order to study the determinants of poverty in Europe countries. The result of this study showed that income inequality has positively significant relationship between poverty. Next, unemployment is positive but insignificant relationship between poverty. In addition, gross domestic product have negatively significant relationship between poverty. 2020-07-14 Student Project NonPeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32457/1/32457.pdf Amirun Ajit, Nor Farwizah (2020) Determinants of poverty : evidence from Europe countries (2006-2015) / Nor Farwizah Amirun Ajit. (2020) [Student Project] (Unpublished)
spellingShingle Economics
Macroeconomics
Business cycles. Economic fluctuations. Economic indicators
Poor. Poverty
Amirun Ajit, Nor Farwizah
Determinants of poverty : evidence from Europe countries (2006-2015) / Nor Farwizah Amirun Ajit
title Determinants of poverty : evidence from Europe countries (2006-2015) / Nor Farwizah Amirun Ajit
title_full Determinants of poverty : evidence from Europe countries (2006-2015) / Nor Farwizah Amirun Ajit
title_fullStr Determinants of poverty : evidence from Europe countries (2006-2015) / Nor Farwizah Amirun Ajit
title_full_unstemmed Determinants of poverty : evidence from Europe countries (2006-2015) / Nor Farwizah Amirun Ajit
title_short Determinants of poverty : evidence from Europe countries (2006-2015) / Nor Farwizah Amirun Ajit
title_sort determinants of poverty : evidence from europe countries (2006-2015) / nor farwizah amirun ajit
topic Economics
Macroeconomics
Business cycles. Economic fluctuations. Economic indicators
Poor. Poverty
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32457/