HAS TURKEY CONVERGED TO THE EUROPEAN UNION IN TERMS OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT? AN EVALUATION FOR THE PERIOD OF 1980- 2010
Journal Title: Journal of the Human and Social Science Researches - Year 2013, Vol 2, Issue 2
Abstract
This study aims to examine whether Turkey could converge towards the EU-27 average in terms of human development in the period 1980-2010. Turkey had an increase by 1,23% in human development in the period 1980- 2010, while the EU-27 average was 0,55%. As a result, Turkey had a convergence towards the EU-27 average by 0,86 points in terms of human development. GNI per capita, as a subcomponent of human development, is the just field that the gap between Turkey and the EU-27 average widened. In order to close the gap and uplift its human development level, Turkey, no doubt, should have higher growth rates than the EU countries.
Authors and Affiliations
Sami TABAN*| Prof. Dr., Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi, İİBF, İktisat Bölümü, staban@ogu.edu.tr
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