Income Inequality and Crime in Turkey: A Panel Data Approach
The main goal of this study is to determine whether there is a relation between crime and incomeinequality for Turkey’s 12 sub-regions during 2008-2018. For testing this relation, the panel data analysis was usedwhich is the proper approach when a dataset has both cross-section and time dimensions t...
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| Language: | English |
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İlmi Etüdler Derneği (İLEM)
2020-12-01
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| Series: | İnsan & Toplum |
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| Online Access: | https://insanvetoplum.org/content/6-sayilar/26-10-4/4-m0559/yildiz.pdf |
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| Summary: | The main goal of this study is to determine whether there is a relation between crime and incomeinequality for Turkey’s 12 sub-regions during 2008-2018. For testing this relation, the panel data analysis was usedwhich is the proper approach when a dataset has both cross-section and time dimensions together. The dependentvariable of the study is the number of people who end up in prison which is used as the proxy of crime. Gini isselected as the main independent variable which is a proxy of income inequality. GDP per capita, unemploymentrate, tertiary school enrollment rate and urbanization rate are the control variables of the model. The results revealthat there is a positive and significant relationship between income inequality and crime. Besides that, while GDPper capita and tertiary school enrollment effect the crime negatively, urbanization and unemployment effectpositively. These results are compatible with the related literature. Accordingly these results, the policies whichdecrease the income inequality, unemployment and urbanization, and the policies which increase tertiary schoolenrollment and GDP per capita, are the deterrent factors of crime. |
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| ISSN: | 2146-7099 2602-2745 |