Title: Vulnerability to poverty due to schooling: a discussion from the spatial perspective

Authors: Rafael de Freitas Souza; Julio Araujo Carneiro da Cunha; Hamilton Luiz Correa; Claudia Orsini Machado de Sousa

Addresses: School of Economics, Business and Accounting of Ribeirao Preto, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil ' Department of Management, Nove de Julho University, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil ' School of Economics, Business and Accounting, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil ' School of Economics, Business and Accounting, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Abstract: Economic theories point out that regional poverty is more concentrated in regions far from urban centres. However, at Brazilian Midwest, wealth-generating localities are not concentrated in those centres and may create misunderstandings about the theoretical understanding of this phenomenon, and for policymakers who need predictive tools to address the fight against poverty. Thus, it was intended to predict poverty vulnerability from educational levels in a distinct phenomenon of decentralisation. A geographically weighted regression was performed using United Nations Development Programme data on Midwest municipalities. It was pointed out that education levels can predict vulnerability to poverty, confirming the theories existing in the main agricultural area in the world. As a contribution, public policies need to be thought individual and spatially, to consider actions beyond the institutional boundaries of municipalities, in an integrated and coordinated manner between neighbouring cities.

Keywords: poverty; education; public policies; Brazilian Midwest; poverty vulnerability.

DOI: 10.1504/IJADS.2024.138190

International Journal of Applied Decision Sciences, 2024 Vol.17 No.3, pp.313 - 340

Received: 24 Sep 2022
Accepted: 14 Jan 2023
Published online: 30 Apr 2024 *

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