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Imputed Rents and Regional Income Inequality in Turkey: A Subgroup Decomposition of the Atkinson Index

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  • Meltem Dayioğlu
  • Cem Baslevent

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Dayioğlu M. and Baslevent C. (2006) Imputed rents and regional income inequality in Turkey: a subgroup decomposition of the Atkinson index, Regional Studies 40, 889-905. The purpose of this study is to examine the regional differences in the effect of home ownership on income distribution in urban Turkey. The earlier finding that income distribution improves with the inclusion of imputed rents from owner-occupied housing has raised the question about whether this pattern is unique to a small number of densely populated areas where squatting is more widespread or whether it is more of a widely observed phenomenon. A decomposition analysis - based on the Atkinson index - that treats Turkey's geographical regions (and, alternatively, provinces) as the subgroups that make up the whole population reveals that the main contributors to the overall improvement are the regions in which squatting is more prevalent. Dayioğlu M. et Baslevent C. (2006) Les loyers imputes et l'inegalite du revenu regional en Turquie: une decomposition de l'indice d'Atkinson a l'echelle des sous-groupes, Regional Studies 40, 889-905. Cet article cherche a examiner les differences regionales de l'impact de la propriete sur la distribution des revenus dans la Turquie urbaine. Les resultats anterieurs ont montre que la distribution des revenus se reduit une fois compte tenu de l'attribution des loyers imputes pour les logements occupes par le proprietaire lui-meme. Neanmoins, ces resultats-la ont souleve la question suivante: cette distribution est-elle particuliere a un nombre limite de zones a forte densite de population ou les squats sont plus repandus, ou est-elle plutot un phenomene tres connu? Une analyse par decomposition - fondee sur l'indice d'Atkinson - qui considere les regions geographiques turques (et les provinces, autrement) comme les sous-groupes qui constituent toute la population, laisse voir que les principaux facteurs causaux de l'amelioration globale sont les regions ou squatter s'avere plus repandu. Distribution des revenus Loyers imputes Decomposition a l'echelle des sous-groupes Dayioğlu M. und Baslevent C. (2006) Unterstellte Mieten und regionale Einkommensunterschiede in der Turkei: Eine Untergruppenzerlegung des Atkinson Index, Regional Studies 40, 889-905. Mit dieser Studie sollen die regionalen Unterschiede untersucht werden, die Hausbesitz auf Einkommensverteilung in turkischen Stadten ausubt. Der fruhere Befund, dass sich die Einkommensverteilung bei Einbeziehung der unterstellten Mieten fur vom Eigentumer belegte Wohnungen zunimmt, warf die Frage auf, ob dieses Muster allein auf eine kleine Anzahl dicht bevolkerter Gebiete zutrifft, wo illegale Hausbesetzung ofters vorkommt, oder ob es ein allgemein ofters beobachtetes Phanomen ist. Eine auf den Atkinson-Index gestiizte Zerlegungsanalyse, die die geographischen Regionen (oder Provinzen) der Turkei als Untergruppen versteht, die zusammen die Gesamtbevolkerung ausmachen, zeigt, dass die Regionen, in denen illegale Hausbesetzung haufiger vorkommt, an starksten zur allgemeinen Verbesserung beitragen. Einkommensverteilung Unter-stellte Mieten Untergruppenzerlegung Dayioğlu M. y Baslevent C. (2006) Alquileres imputados y desigualdades regionales segun ingresos en Turquia: Una descomposicion por subgrupos del indice Atkinson, Regional Studies 40, 889-905. La finalidad de este estudio es examinar las diferencias regionales en el efecto que tiene la propiedad de la vivienda en la distribucion de ingresos en areas urbanas de Turquia. Los resultados anteriores que sugieren que la distribucion de ingresos mejora al incluir las rentas imputadas del propietario que vive en su vivienda cuestionan si este modelo es unico para un pequeno numero de zonas densamente pobladas donde la ocupacion ilegal esta muy extendida o si es un fenomeno ampliamente observado. Un analisis de descomposicion - basado en el indice de Atkinson - que trata las regiones geograficas de Turquia (y alternativamente, las provincias) como los subgrupos que componen la poblacion en total indica que los principales contribuidores a una mejora general son las regiones en las que la ocupacion ilegal es mas frecuente. Distribucion de ingresos Alquileres imputados Descomposicion por subgrupos

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  • Meltem Dayioğlu & Cem Baslevent, 2006. "Imputed Rents and Regional Income Inequality in Turkey: A Subgroup Decomposition of the Atkinson Index," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 40(8), pages 889-905.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:40:y:2006:i:8:p:889-905
    DOI: 10.1080/00343400600984395
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