The international role of education in sustainable lifestyles and economic development.

ABSTRACT: Improved economic growth and environmental protection are necessary to achieve the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals. This study examines the relationship between people's education levels and sustainable lifestyles in protecting the environment and economic growth, as expressed by the increase in household equivalent income. We conducted an original cross-sectional survey, which yielded 100,956 valid observations in 37 countries. The factors included educational level, sustainable lifestyle with natural resource consumption, and household equivalent income for economic development. We used logit and ordered logit model and applied an ordinary linear regression model after confirming the association between education and income. Our analyses found that higher educational levels

SUBMITTER: Piao X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10229545 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature