Search

The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between the flexibility applications and the unequal distribution and the low income levels low income groups get by exhibiting the income distribution that occurs among the ones that join the labour market. To that end, the earnings of paid employees, casual worker, selfemployed and employer are examined by using the micro data of the TURKSAT Household Income and Living Conditions Survey-2019. The differences among the income groups are presented by calculating the distribution among the income groups in accordance with the education level, job status, employment situation and occupational group and the shares they get from the income as per 10% percentile of the ones within employment. The findings indicate that the income difference between the lowest and the highest is 16,7 times and the average income of the low income group is in a level less than the minimum wage but that nevertheless mostly the high income groups benefit from the transfer incomes. It is inferred that flexible and/or informal labour is prevalent in the lowest income group that is under the risk of poverty due to the low level of welfare they have. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this study, the two main dynamics of inflation, defined as demand-pull and cost-push inflation, are analyzed for the Turkish economy. Based on the fact that this basic dynamic in inflation may vary, the empirical structure of the study was created by taking into account the structural break in inflation. According to the empirical findings, it was concluded that the dynamics of inflation changed with the structural break in inflation. In terms of the Turkish economy, while demand-pull inflation was observed in the pre-structural break period when the domestic currency was appreciated. Cost-push inflation was more effective in the post-structural break period when the domestic currency was relatively depreciated due to the pass-through effect. Empirical findings show that after the structural break in inflation, a structural process was experienced in the Turkish economy in which money supply did not cause inflation. As it is known, the transfer of wealth from the lower income group to the higher income group accelerates during periods of high inflation. The insufficiency of effective demand, which decreases with the deepening of income inequality, also provides evidence for the fact that the money supply is not inflationary. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]