Türkiye'de yoksulluk dinamikleri üzerine makaleler

There is an increasing number of studies related to poverty for developed economies, however, research explaining structure of poverty dynamics in Turkey is relatively limited. This study investigates the poverty transitions and its main determinants associated in Turkey using panel data of Survey of Income and Living Conditions from 2011 to 2014. The main objective of this study is to shed light on the main characteristics of poverty in Turkey and to contribute to the policies that can be designed to overcome this problem. To this end, first, the study provides an examination on the probability of exiting from and re-entering into poverty regarding the spell length via survival analysis. According to our results, individuals are less likely to escape poverty as its spell length becomes longer. Second, we estimate two panel probit regression models for both individuals and heads of households. Our results suggest that females have higher probability of exiting poverty compared to males. By the same token, female-headed households are more capable of exiting poverty. Empirical results show that human capital endowment exhibits a significant role in preventing poverty. Overall, higher education and employment status are found as the most important factors to keep the non-poor status of individuals in Turkey over the sample period.