Regional Income Convergence

Regional income inequality is one of the main concerns of every Economic and Politic authority for the last century. Yet the problem is far from being solved. The duality in incomes of East and West continues to be an obstacle to a prosperous economy. The neo-classical growth theory argues that due to differences in productivity of per unit investment, regions tend to converge in terms of incomes in the long run. This thesis investigates whether Turkey experiences income convergence at the provincial and regional levels.

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Çär Levent USLU was born in zmir on December 5, 1976. He received his B.A. from Department of Econometrics, Gazi University in 2001. In 2003 he received M.A. and in 2010 he received his Ph.D. from Yeditepe University. Since then he is working at the same university holding an Assistant Professor position.