YOLSUZLUK VE GELİR EŞİTSİZLİĞİ: SEÇİLMİŞ GELİŞMEKTE OLAN ÜLKELER İÇİN PANEL VERİ ANALİZİ

Gelir eşitsizliği gelişmekte olan ülkeler için olduğu kadar gelişmiş ülkeler için de çok önemli bir sosyo-ekonomik sorundur. Küreselleşmenin hızlanmasıyla daha çok yaygınlaşan bu sorunun nedenleri, etkileri ve çözümüyle ilgili olarak teorik ve uygulamalı birçok çalışma yapılmıştır. Ampirik literatüre katkı amacını taşıyan bu çalışmada, gelir eşitsizliğinin önemli nedenlerinden biri olarak gösterilen yolsuzlukla gelir eşitsizliği arasındaki ilişki incelenmiştir. Gelir eşitsizliğinin nispeten daha fazla sorun oluşturduğu gelişmekte olan ülkeler örneğinin seçildiği çalışmada, yolsuzlukla birlikte kişi başına GSYİH büyümesi, nüfus artışı ve işsizlik oranı açıklayıcı değişkenler olarak kullanılmıştır. Seçilmiş gelişmekte olan ülke grubunun 1999-2014 dönemi verileri panel regresyon yöntemiyle analiz edilmiştir. Yapılan analizler, işsizlikle birlikte yolsuzluk artışının gelir eşitsizliğini artırdığı sonucunu ortaya koymaktadır.

CORRUPTION AND INCOME INEQUALITY: A PANEL DATA ANALYSIS FOR SELECTED DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Income inequality is a very important socio-economic problem for developed countries as much as for developing countries. A number of theoretical and practical studies that have become more widespread with the acceleration of globalization have been conducted on the causes, effects and solutions of this problem. In this study, we aim to contribute to the empirical literature by analyzing the relationship between income inequality and corruption which is one of the major reasons for income inequality. We select a group of developing countries where income inequality is relatively more problematic. In addition to corruption, GDP per capita growth, population growth and unemployment rate were used as explanatory variables. The 1999-2014 data for the selected country group were analyzed using the panel regression model. Our analyses reveal that increases in unemployment and corruption lead to an increase in income inequality.

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