An Empirical Analysis of the Determinants of Household Poverty in Turkey

Journal Title: Asian Economic and Financial Review - Year 2012, Vol 2, Issue 1

Abstract

This paper investigates the determinants of household poverty in Turkey using ordered logit model. It also focuses on parallel regression hypothesis and uses generalized ordered logit model. In this study, the data has been obtained from Household Budget Survey in 2009 and poverty levels have been categorized in order to determine the factors affecting different levels of poverty. The findings show that middle class has approached poor classes and the gap between the rich and the middle class has widened.

Authors and Affiliations

Ebru Çağlayan| Assoc.Prof, Department of Economics, Kyrgyzstan-Turkey Manas University, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan& Department of Econometrics, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey, Naime İrem Koşan| Research Assistant , Beykent University Department of Banking and Finance İİBF Ayazağa Kampusu, Istanbul, Turkey, Melek Astar| Lecturer, Istanbul Bilim University, Istanbul, Turkey

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Ebru Çağlayan, Naime İrem Koşan, Melek Astar (2012). An Empirical Analysis of the Determinants of Household Poverty in Turkey. Asian Economic and Financial Review, 2(1), 181-191. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-1757