MEASUREMENT OF ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD DISPOSABLE INCOME INEQUALITY IN TURKEY

Abstract

Aim: The measurement of household disposable income inequalities can also determine whether the current income distribution in a country and / or community is balanced, as well as reveal poverty levels based on income levels. Method: In this study, annual household disposable income values within the 2014 Household Budget Survey located in the Household Data Set Turkey Statistical Institute (TSI), the various concentrations, inequality and poverty measures are calculated. Herfindahl ve Rosenbluth indexs as concentration criterion, Gini, RS, Atkinson, Theil, var.coeff, Entropy coefficients as inequality measures, in addition Lorenz curve, and Watts, Sen, SST, Foster indexs as poverty criterions are calculated. Findings: According to the concentration, criteria of inequality and the Lorenz curve, revealed that the index values in question had significant inequalities among income groups, albeit at a certain level. As of years as poverty parameters in Turkey, but showed a reduction, albeit at a certain level of poverty level, whereas the equivalent household in Turkey used capita income increases (40%, 50%, 60%, 70%) shows a significant increase of this index value and that this may indicate that the inequality among the poor increases as the equivalent household disposable income increases. In the following studies, it will be useful to carry out research that will reveal the change among the years.