SOSYAL HARCAMALAR İLE GELİR DAĞILIMI ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİNİN İNCELENMESİ: OECD ÜZERİNE BİR UYGULAMA

Sosyal harcamalar, bir toplumda düşük gelir guruplarının belli refah seviyesine erişebilmeleri için yapılan destekleri kapsayan bir ekonomi politikasıdır. Bir ülkenin ekonomik büyüme performansında başarı sağlaması, kalkınması için yeterli bir gösterge değildir. Büyümenin yanında, milli gelirin hanehalkı arasında adil paylaşımı da önemli bir makroekonomik meseledir. Bu sorunun giderilmesinde sosyal harcamalar bir çözüm yolu olarak ortaya konmaktadır. Çalışmamız bu çözüm yolunun işlerliğini test etmek adına sosyal harcamalar ile gelir dağılımı arasındaki ilişkiyi incelemektedir. OECD ülkelerinin kapsam olarak alındığı çalışmamızda 1980-2015 dönemi, Pedroni ve Kao Panel Eşbütünleşme ve Dumitrescu-Hurlin Panel nedensellik yöntemleri ile dikkate alınmıştır. Analiz sonuçlarına göre, OECD ülkelerinde sosyal harcamalar ve gelir dağılımı arasında anlamlı bir ilişki tespit edilmiştir. Dahası sosyal harcamalardan gelir dağılımına nedensellik ilişkisi bulunmuştur. Politik öneri olarak OECD bünyesinde sosyal harcamalar için ortak bir fon oluşturulması ve bu fonun yoksul gruplara ulaştırılması sunulmuştur.

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