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The Relationship between Income, Income Inequality and Health in Turkey: Evidence from Panel Data Analysis

Türkiye’de Gelir, Gelir Eşitsizliği ve Sağlık İlişkisi: Panel Veri Analizi Bulguları

Asuman ÇUKUR
Selahattin BEKMEZ
Pages
21–40
Publication Date
2011-06-01
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Also the result of pooled OLS on infant mortality supported income inequality hypothesis that higher income inequality is associated with higher infant mortality in Turkey

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Objective & Hypothesis:The relationship between health and income has caught increasing attention in welfare economics and policy discussions.
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Key Findings & Data:The analysis was conducted by using pooled OLS and panel data methods of FE and FD estimations for 1975-2001 aggregated regional data.
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Conclusion & Impact:Also the result of pooled OLS on infant mortality supported income inequality hypothesis that higher income inequality is associated with higher infant mortality in Turkey
🔬Design:Lab & Field Experiment
📍Scope:2001 Verileri
⚙️Variables:Gelir · Gelir Eşitsizliği · Sağlık

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The relationship between health and income has caught increasing attention in welfare economics and policy discussions. Many researches conducted in developed countries regarding income, income inequality and health relations have especially focused on testing assumptions of competing hypothesis that offer different linkages between health and income: absolute income hypothesis and income inequality hypothesis. The main purpose of this study is to investigate income, income inequality and health (infant mortality and under five mortality) relations in Turkey within absolute income and income inequality hypotheses framework. The analysis was conducted by using pooled OLS and panel data methods of FE and FD estimations for 1975-2001 aggregated regional data. The results of panel data method of FE and FD estimations supported absolute income hypothesis that higher per capita GDP is associated with lower infant and under five mortality rates in Turkey. Also the result of pooled OLS on infant mortality supported income inequality hypothesis that higher income inequality is associated with higher infant mortality in Turkey

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Sağlık ve gelir değişkenleri arasındaki ilişki refah ekonomisi ve sosyal politika alanlarında artan oranda ilgi görmektedir. Çoğunluğu gelişmiş ülkelerde yürütülen çalışmalarda gelir ve gelir eşitsizliğinin sağlık çıktıları (bebek ve çocuk ölüm hızları) üzerindeki etkisi alternatif politikalar öngören mutlak gelir ve gelir eşitsizliği hipotezleri çerçevesinde test edilmektedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, Türkiye’de gelir ve gelir eşitsizliğinin sağlık çıktıları üzerindeki etkisini söz konusu hipotezler çerçevesinde araştırmaktır. Çalışmada 1975-2001 yılları arasındaki döneme ait bölgesel veriler havuzlanmış EKK ve panel veri analizi yöntemlerinden sabit etkili hesaplama ve birinci derece farklar hesaplaması yöntemleriyle incelenmiştir. Sabit etkili hesaplama ve birinci derece farklar hesaplamalarının sonuçları mutlak gelir hipotezini destekler nitelikte olup, artan gelir düzeyi bebek ve beş yaş altı çocuk ölüm hızını azaltmaktadır. Yalnızca bebek ölümleri üzerine yapılan Havuzlanmış EKK sonuçları gelir eşitsizliği hipotezini destekler yöndedir

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ÇUKUR, A., BEKMEZ, S. (2011). The Relationship between Income, Income Inequality and Health in Turkey: Evidence from Panel Data Analysis. Gaziantep Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, Cilt: 10 - Sayı: 1, 21–40. https://ajindex.com/articles/70507

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