RT Conference Proceedings T1 Social exclusion and economic growth at the European Union: can social marketing and behavioral economics help us to overcome the problem? A1 Cruz-Morato, Marco Antonio A1 García-Lizana, Antonio A1 García-Mestanza, Josefa K1 Desarrollo económico y social AB The problem of poverty and social exclusion is growing nowadays in the European Union context, according to Eurostat (2015 and 2016). And, in spite of the fact that Europe 2020 Strategy is apparently focused on that situation, the perspectives are not promising. What could be happening? In this paper we analyze this issue from a Macromarketing approach, including elements from Behavioral Economics (stigmatization process and stress coping theories, going further than the “homo economicus” traditional model) to reach a better understanding, and recommending a combined public-private response to overcome the problem, using the elements that Marketing provide us (such as Social Marketing, Macro-social Marketing, Corporate Social Marketing and also traditional Commercial Marketing techniques, under a “fortune at the bottom of the pyramid” approach). Doing so, we do not only want to eradicate this sort of curse, but also to boost economic growth in an effective inclusive manner. YR 2017 FD 2017-09-21 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10630/14504 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10630/14504 LA eng NO Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech. DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga RD 19 ene 2026