International Congress on Eurasian Economies

International Conference on Eurasian Economies

1-3 July 2014 – Skopje, MACEDONIA

Paper detail

Paper ID : 1065
Status : Paper published
Language : Turkish
Topic : Growth and Development
Presenter: Prof. Dr. Seda Şengül
Session : 6C Kalkınma III

Women's Poverty In Turkey
Türkiye’de Kadın Yoksulluğu

Abstract

Poverty is a persisting problem in the world. Therefore an examination of the women poverty is a very important field. Women living in poverty are increased as a following reason: 1) a growth of female-headed households, 2) intra-household inequalities and bias against women. For this reason the alleviation of poverty requires determining the women poverty levels. The data used in this study is obtained from the project on Household Income, Consumption, Saving Behavior and Poverty Level in Adana Province conducted the authors of this study and financed by Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey. Probit model is used for determining the women poverty in Turkey. The results of this study are described the women poverty levels in Turkey based on the determinants of poverty on some socio- demographic characteristics of female-headed households. In the light of findings some policy prescriptions will be determined for reducing deprivation and vulnerability of women poverty and intra-household inequalities in Turkey.

JEL codes: B21, C25, I32

Şengül, Seda, Fisunoğlu, Mahir (2014). "Women's Poverty In Turkey" in Proceedings of International Conference of Eurasian Economies 2014, pp.633-637, Skopje, MACEDONIA.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.36880/C05.01065

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Session 6C: Kalkınma III

Istanbul Beykent University Ss. Cyril and Methodius University Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University TIKA Turkish Central Bank