Kamu Sosyal Harcamaları ve Gelir Eşitsizliği: OECD Ülkeleri Kapsamında Bir Analiz

Year 2022, Volume: 7 Issue: 2, 1 - 16, 30.12.2022

Mete Dibo

Abstract

Bireyler arasındaki eşitsizliklerin azaltılmasında olduğu gibi diğer piyasa aksaklıklarının giderilmesinde de devletin tutumunun ne olması gerektiğine ilişkin yaklaşımlar geçmişten günümüze kadar tartışılagelmiştir. Klasik iktisadi ve mali yaklaşımı benimseyenlere göre ekonomik hayata yönelik devlet müdahaleleri ekonomide istenen amaçlara ulaşılmasında olumlu bir katkı yaratmazken fonksiyonel mali görüşe göre ise devletin elinde bulunan araçları kullanarak sosyal ve ekonomik etkiler yaratması mümkün olabilmektedir. Söz konusu iki temel yaklaşımın aynı anda geçerli olabilmesi de mümkün olabilir. Buna göre belirli bir noktaya kadar sosyal transfer ve/veya vergiler arttırılırken eşitsizlik azalmaktayken bu noktadan sonra yapılan transferler tersi bir etki
ortaya çıkarabilecektir. İlgili yaklaşım çerçevesinde çalışmada 20 OECD ülkesi kapsamında 2004-2017 dönemine ilişkin panel veri analizi gerçekleştirilmiştir. Test sonuçlarına göre sosyal transfer harcamalarının milli gelir içindeki payı belirli bir düzeye kadar eşitsizliği azaltırken bu noktayı aşması durumunda ise etki tersine dönmektedir.

Keywords

Eşitsizlik, Sosyal Harcamalar, Kamu Müdahalesi

Public Social Expenditures and Income Inequality: An Analysis on OECD Countries

Abstract

Approaches regarding the role of the state in reducing inequalities between individuals and eliminating other market failures have been discussed from past to present. On one hand, according to the classical economic and fiscal approaches, which adopts the natural order principle, government interventions towards inequality do not make a positive contribution in achieving the desired goals in the economy. On the other hand, according to the functional economic-financial view, it is possible for governments to create social and economic effects by using the economic-financial tools they have. It may also be possible for these two approaches to be valid at the same time. Accordingly, while expenditure and/or taxes are increased up to a certain point, inequality decreases. However, after this point, increasing expenditures or taxes may have the opposite effect. Within the scope of the relevant approach, in this study panel data analysis is conducted by including 20 OECD countries for the period 2004-2017. According to the test results, the increase in social public expenditures as a percentage of national income decreases inequality to a certain level while the effect reverses if it exceeds this point.

Keywords

Inequality, Social Expenditures, Public Intervention

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