Research Article

Financial Inclusion in Turkey: Evidence from Individual Level Data

Volume: 74 Number: 4 December 6, 2019
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Financial Inclusion in Turkey: Evidence from Individual Level Data

Abstract

Using individual level data from the World Bank Global Findex for 2017, this study analyzes the level of financial inclusion and explores its main determinants in Turkey. In particular, it explores how individual characteristics (i.e. gender, age, income, education) are associated with the usage of formal financial services and impinge on the perceived barriers to account ownership among financially excluded individuals in Turkey. The results of the study indicate that being man, older, richer and more educated increases the likelihood of having a formal account and formal saving. Moreover, mobile banking is found to be driven by identical individual characteristics with that of other traditional formal financial services usage. As regards with the main obstacles for not having a formal account, each one of the individual attributes seems to be significant in explaining different voluntary and involuntary self-reported barriers behind financial exclusion. The findings are of remarkable importance for designing policies to promote financial inclusion in Turkey

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References

  1. Referans 1 Allen, Franklin, Asli Demirguc-Kunt, Leora Klapper, Maria Soledad Martinez Peria (2016), “The Foundations of Financial Inclusion: Understanding Ownership and Use of Formal Accounts”, Journal of Financial Intermediation, 27: 1–30.

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Primary Language

English

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Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 6, 2019

Submission Date

February 11, 2019

Acceptance Date

August 22, 2019

Published in Issue

Year 2019 Volume: 74 Number: 4

APA
Özşuca, E. A. (2019). Financial Inclusion in Turkey: Evidence from Individual Level Data. Ankara Üniversitesi SBF Dergisi, 74(4), 1377-1400. https://doi.org/10.33630/ausbf.614032
AMA
1.Özşuca EA. Financial Inclusion in Turkey: Evidence from Individual Level Data. SBF Dergisi. 2019;74(4):1377-1400. doi:10.33630/ausbf.614032
Chicago
Özşuca, Ekin Ayşe. 2019. “Financial Inclusion in Turkey: Evidence from Individual Level Data”. Ankara Üniversitesi SBF Dergisi 74 (4): 1377-1400. https://doi.org/10.33630/ausbf.614032.
EndNote
Özşuca EA (December 1, 2019) Financial Inclusion in Turkey: Evidence from Individual Level Data. Ankara Üniversitesi SBF Dergisi 74 4 1377–1400.
IEEE
[1]E. A. Özşuca, “Financial Inclusion in Turkey: Evidence from Individual Level Data”, SBF Dergisi, vol. 74, no. 4, pp. 1377–1400, Dec. 2019, doi: 10.33630/ausbf.614032.
ISNAD
Özşuca, Ekin Ayşe. “Financial Inclusion in Turkey: Evidence from Individual Level Data”. Ankara Üniversitesi SBF Dergisi 74/4 (December 1, 2019): 1377-1400. https://doi.org/10.33630/ausbf.614032.
JAMA
1.Özşuca EA. Financial Inclusion in Turkey: Evidence from Individual Level Data. SBF Dergisi. 2019;74:1377–1400.
MLA
Özşuca, Ekin Ayşe. “Financial Inclusion in Turkey: Evidence from Individual Level Data”. Ankara Üniversitesi SBF Dergisi, vol. 74, no. 4, Dec. 2019, pp. 1377-00, doi:10.33630/ausbf.614032.
Vancouver
1.Ekin Ayşe Özşuca. Financial Inclusion in Turkey: Evidence from Individual Level Data. SBF Dergisi. 2019 Dec. 1;74(4):1377-400. doi:10.33630/ausbf.614032

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