THOUGHTS OF AMARTYA SEN ON POVERTY AND SEN'S POVERTY INDEX: AN APPLICATION FOR TURKEY

Abstract

The main purpose of this paper is to discuss the thoughts of Amartya Sen on poverty and to calculate Sen's Poverty Index developed by Sen for the households of two, four and six persons in Turkey over the period 2004-2006. The estimation results indicate that the coefficient of variation, used instead of Gini coefficient, is found to be 0.65 on average for households of two persons. On the other hand, the coefficients of variation are estimated to be 0.78 and 0.63 on average for the households of four and six persons, respectively. Sen's Poverty Index tends to increase over time (on an annual basis) and with an increase in the size of the households in Turkey over the period 2004-2006.

Keywords

• Sen's Poverty Index, Gini Coefficient, Poverty Rate, Poverty Gap Rate, Poverty,

AMARTYA SEN'YN YOKSULLUK ÜZERYNE DÜ?ÜNCELERY VE SEN YOKSULLUK YNDEKSY: TÜRKYYE UYGULAMASI

Öz

Bu çaly?manyn amacy, Amartya Sen'in yoksulluk konusundaki görü?lerini tarty?mak ve Sen tarafyndan geli?tirilen Sen Yoksulluk Yndeksi'ni, Türkiye'nin 2004-2006 dönemlerindeki iki, dört ve alty ki?ilik hanehalklary için hesaplamaktyr. Analiz sonuçlaryna göre, Gini katsayysy yerine kullanylan De?i?me katsayysy, iki ki?ilik hanede ortalama 0.65 iken, dört ve alty ki?ilik hanelerde ortalama 0.78 ve 0.63 dür. 2004-2006 dönemleri için hesaplanan Sen Yoksulluk Yndeksi, Yoksul Ki?i Orany ve Yoksulluk Açy?y Orany hem yyllar geçtikçe hem de hanehalky büyüklü?ü arttykça artmaktadyr.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Sen Yoksulluk Yndeksi, Gini Katsayysy, Yoksul Ki?i Orany, Yoksulluk Açy?y Orany, Yoksulluk,