Ekonomik Büyüme-Gelir Dağılımı İlişkisi: Kuznets Hipotezinin Seçilmiş Ülkeler Üzerine Araştırılması

Year 2017, Issue: 33, 33 - 44, 30.06.2017

Arzu İmren Çakmak Bengü Tosun

Abstract

Çalışmada ekonomik büyüme ve gelir dağılımı arasındaki ilişki Kuznets hipotezi kapsamında uygun veri setine sahip 25 ülke açısından 2002-2013 yılları arası veriler kullanılarak incelenmiştir. Bu çerçevede seçili üst-orta ve yüksek gelir grubu ülkeler için büyüme-gelir dağılımı ilişkisinin nasıl gerçekleştiği panel veri yöntemi ile araştırılmıştır. Elde edilen bulgulara göre inceleme konusu yapılan ülkeler için “ters U” şeklindeki Kuznets hipotezinin aksine, ekonomik büyüme ile gelir dağılımı arasında “U” şeklinde bir ilişki olduğu görülmüştür. Bu sonuca göre kişi başına düşen gelir arttıkça, gelir eşitsizliği önce azalmakta; belirli bir dönüm noktasından sonra ise artmaktadır. Dolayısıyla sosyal devlet anlayışının giderek ihmal edildiği bir dönemi kapsayan çalışmada bu şekilde bir ilişkinin varlığının tespit edilmesi, gelir dağılımında adaletsizliği önleyen mekanizmaların zayıfladığı bir dünyaya evrilindiği göstermektedir.

Keywords

Ekonomik Büyüme, Gelir Dağılımı, Kuznets Hipotezi, Panel Veri Analizi

Economic Growth-Income Distribution Relation: Investigation of Kuznets Hypothesis on Selected Countries

Abstract

In the study was examined the relationship between economic growth and income distribution with the context of Kuznets hypothesis using the data of 25 countries which have appropriate data set and covering period between 2002-2013. In this framework the selected countries, from high-middle and high income groups; were examined with panel data method to point the relationship between growth and income distribution. The findings of the selected showed that there is a 'U' shaped relationship between economic growth and income distribution in contrast to “inverted-U” shaped Kuznets Hypothesis. According to this result, when income per capita increases the income inequality decreases at first but after a turning point it increases. Therefore, in this study, which covers the period of increasingly disregarding the social state concept, the identification of the existence of “U” shaped relationship in contrast to “inverted-U”, shows that weakened the mechanisms which prevent injustice in income distribution have evolved into a world.

Keywords

Economic Growth, Income Distribution, Kuznets Hypothesis, Panel Data Method

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