期刊名称：Asian Journal of Business and Management Sciences
电子版ISSN：2047-2528
出版年度：2012
卷号：2
期号：01
页码：60-68
出版社：Society for Business Research Promotion
摘要：Poverty has always been an issue, in different forms, throughout the history in all human societies. Several factors contribute to creation and expansion of poverty, the most significant ones being household income, illiteracy, unemployment, etc. Employment is the missing link between benefits from economic growth and the poor. Poverty can be reduced by job creation in industry, agricultural, and service provision as well as creating high-productivity jobs and increasing level of actual pays. Thus, the present study uses ordinary least squares to analyze impacts of macro-level variables, particularly employment in different sections, on poverty index in Iran. We found a negative effect of GDP per capita (-0.6) on average poverty index. This means that as GDP per capita increases (decreases) poverty rate for the current period decreases (increases). Share of jobs in industry plays a significant role and has a negative inverse effect on the poverty index. That is, as share of jobs in industry increases by 1%, poverty index decreases by -0.82 percent. Full Text
