Poverty in Romania: an analysis at regional level

This paper proposes to analyze the poverty rate in the eight development regions of Romania (NUTS 2), in the period 2010-2019. To provide the most complex analysis possible, I examined the determinants of the poverty rate, and I concluded that the gross domestic product per capita and the gross valu...

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Main Author: Maria-Daniela TUDORACHE
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: General Association of Economists from Romania 2022-06-01
Series:Theoretical and Applied Economics
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Online Access: http://store.ectap.ro/articole/1596.pdf
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description This paper proposes to analyze the poverty rate in the eight development regions of Romania (NUTS 2), in the period 2010-2019. To provide the most complex analysis possible, I examined the determinants of the poverty rate, and I concluded that the gross domestic product per capita and the gross value added of the ICT sector reduce the poverty rate, while the unemployment rates lead to poverty increases. However, at regional level, in general, the poverty rate decreased in 2019 compared to the 2010 levels.
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spelling doaj.art-df8399dc33ac498a9f4edc795f9abb832022-12-22T00:21:50ZengGeneral Association of Economists from RomaniaTheoretical and Applied Economics1841-86781844-00292022-06-01XXIX2818818418678Poverty in Romania: an analysis at regional levelMaria-Daniela TUDORACHE0 Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania This paper proposes to analyze the poverty rate in the eight development regions of Romania (NUTS 2), in the period 2010-2019. To provide the most complex analysis possible, I examined the determinants of the poverty rate, and I concluded that the gross domestic product per capita and the gross value added of the ICT sector reduce the poverty rate, while the unemployment rates lead to poverty increases. However, at regional level, in general, the poverty rate decreased in 2019 compared to the 2010 levels. http://store.ectap.ro/articole/1596.pdf povertyregionsnuts 2gdpitc sector
spellingShingle Maria-Daniela TUDORACHE
Poverty in Romania: an analysis at regional level
Theoretical and Applied Economics
poverty
regions
nuts 2
gdp
itc sector
title Poverty in Romania: an analysis at regional level
title_full Poverty in Romania: an analysis at regional level
title_fullStr Poverty in Romania: an analysis at regional level
title_full_unstemmed Poverty in Romania: an analysis at regional level
title_short Poverty in Romania: an analysis at regional level
title_sort poverty in romania an analysis at regional level
topic poverty
regions
nuts 2
gdp
itc sector
url http://store.ectap.ro/articole/1596.pdf
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