KİŞİSEL GELİR DAĞILIMINDAKİ ADALETSİZLİĞİN GİDERİLMESİNDE TRANSFER GELİRLERİNİN ETKİSİ: TÜRKİYE ÖRNEĞİ.

The distribution of income equally is an important issue as well as size of the income in an economy. The economies where income is not distributed equally live numerous socio-economic problems. The studies related to income distribution focus on personal income, employ Gini coefficient and Lorenz curve as dimension of income distribution. Transfer expenditures paid by government to people who have no income or low income umequitedly in order to achieve social justice expresses social transfer income for the person who receives the payment. hi tins study, we obtain the personal pre-transfer and post-transfer income equal to household's prc-transfer and post-transfer income and Gini coefficient is calculated and the effect of social transfer income on income distribution is analyzed by employing unemployment payments, elderly income, widow and orphan income, disease income, disability income and scholarship income. According to results obtained from analysis. Gini coefficient belonging to post-transfer period is lower than Gini coefficient belonging to pre-transfer period, hi the light of this result, it is possible to imply that social transfer income is an efficient social policy instrument in order to reduce income inequality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]