Volume : III, Issue : XII, December - 2013

A STUDY OF LINKAGE BETWEEN EDUCATION AND POVERTY IN INDIA

Suraj Walia, Ritu K. Walia

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Better educated people have a greater probability of being employed, are economically more productive, and therefore earn higher income. Investment in human capital in general and education in particular are essential for overall development and poverty reduction in any country including India.  Education stimulates economic growth and development of poor countries, when both the quantity and the quality of education are considered. This also makes it possible for individuals to earn more. Recently, education has been considered as a primary weapon against poverty in any country in general and India in particular. Keeping in above, present paper is an attempt to investigate the linkage between education and poverty in India. For this, education elasticity of poverty is calculated by taking literacy rate as a proxy for education & Head count ratio for poverty.  And paper concludes that education improves knowledge and skill and helps poor people to pull them out of poverty.

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SURAJ WALIA, RITU K. WALIA A STUDY OF LINKAGE BETWEEN EDUCATION AND POVERTY IN INDIA Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.III, Issue.XII Dec 2013

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