Education Level and Income Disparities: Implications for Financial Inclusion through Mobile Money Adoption in South Africa

• Authors: Charles Nyoka

Title variants

Poziom wykształcenia i różnice dochodowe: implikacje dla włączenia finansowego związanego z wprowadzeniem pieniądza mobilnego w Afryce Południowej

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Financial inclusion has recently become an issue of concern the world over for governments, policymakers, non‑governmental organizations (NGOs), and financial and non‑financial institutions alike. McKinnon (1973) and Shaw (1973), in seminal presentations, brought the world’s attention to the importance of an effective financial system for economic development. In recent years, there has been growing theoretical and empirical works showing the strong linkages between financial development with economic growth and poverty alleviation. After conducting statistical analysis using Stata version 14 for Windows with a multivariate binary logistic regression modeling technique applied, this paper tested and concluded that there is a statically significant relationship between educational levels on the one‑and and income levels on the other on the probability of one having a mobile banking account in South Africa. From a policy perspective, this information will assist policymakers in making more informed decisions with respect to education, and from the banking fraternity point of view it will help, them in the developments of products that are more in line with the population’s education and income levels.

PL

Problem włączenia finansowego stał się w ostatnim czasie przedmiotem troski zarówno rządów, decydentów, organizacji pozarządowych (NGO), jak również instytucji finansowych i niefinansowych na całym świecie. McKinnon (1973) i Shaw (1973) w swoich najważniejszych pracach zwrócili uwagę świata na znaczenie efektywnego systemu finansowego dla rozwoju gospodarczego. W ostatnich latach coraz więcej prac teoretycznych i empirycznych wskazuje na silne związki między rozwojem finansowym a wzrostem gospodarczym i ograniczaniem ubóstwa. Po przeprowadzeniu analizy statystycznej przy użyciu programu Stata w wersji 14 dla systemu Windows z zastosowaniem modelowania wieloczynnikowej binarnej regresji logistycznej (multivariate binary logistic regression modeling), w niniejszym artykule wykazano, że istnieje statystycznie istotny związek między poziomem wykształcenia z jednej strony i poziomem dochodów z drugiej strony, a prawdopodobieństwem posiadania konta bankowości mobilnej przez mieszkańców Afryki Południowej. Z punktu widzenia prowadzenia polityki, informacje te mogą być przydatne decydentom w podejmowaniu bardziej świadomych decyzji dotyczących edukacji, a sektorowi bankowemu mogą pomóc w rozwijaniu produktów, które będą lepiej dostosowane do poziomu wykształcenia i poziomu dochodów ludności.

Keywords

EN

financial inclusion; level of education; level of income; mobile banking

PL

włączenie finansowe; poziom wykształcenia; poziom dochodów; bankowość mobilna; włączenie finansowe; poziom wykształcenia; poziom dochodów; bankowość mobilna

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Journal: Comparative Economic Research. Central and Eastern Europe
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 22
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 129-142

Dates

published

2019-12-30

Contributors

author

Charles Nyoka

• Ph.D.; Senior Lecturer; Department of Finance Risk Management and Banking, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/cer-2019-0036