Regional Inequalities and the West-East Divide in Turkey Since 1913

dc.authorid Karakoc, Ulas/0000-0002-7527-9881
dc.authorwosid Karakoc, Ulas/HKM-4545-2023
dc.contributor.author Asik, Gunes
dc.contributor.author Karakoç, Ulaş
dc.contributor.author Karakoc, Ulas
dc.contributor.author Pamuk, Sevket
dc.contributor.other Economics
dc.date.accessioned 2023-10-19T15:13:07Z
dc.date.available 2023-10-19T15:13:07Z
dc.date.issued 2023
dc.department-temp [Asik, Gunes] TOBB Univ Econ & Technol, Ankara, Turkiye; [Karakoc, Ulas] Kadir Has Univ, Istanbul, Turkiye; [Pamuk, Sevket] Bogazici Univ, Istanbul, Turkiye; [Pamuk, Sevket] CEPR, Washington, DC 20009 USA en_US
dc.description.abstract This paper examines the evolution of regional disparities within the present-day borders of Turkey since 1913. Based on our estimates for 58 provinces, we find beta-convergence, an inverse U, and more recently, the beginnings of an N-shaped pattern for value added per capita. We also find that regional disparities in Turkey exhibit a number of special features that do not easily fit the well-studied pattern of the early industrializers. First, while per capita value added in other regions moved towards country averages, the differences between the East and the rest of the country persisted and even increased until recently. Second, spatial distribution of economic activity became more concentrated over time due to continued migration to the megacity of Istanbul. Third, we find that regional disparities in per capita value added in Turkey and other developing countries have been higher than those experienced by the early industrializers. These findings raise questions about the extent to which the regional disparities experiences of Turkey and other developing countries have been different than those of the early industrializers. en_US
dc.description.sponsorship Middle East Technical University; Thyssen Foundation; TUBITAK [10.17.2. 036.GE]; TEPAV; [218K229] en_US
dc.description.sponsorship We are grateful to Fatma Dogruel, Alpay Filiztekin, Can Karahasan, Erol Taymaz, and Nikolaus Wolf for valuable feedback and literature suggestions. We would like to thank Mahmut Ablay, Kaan Basdil, Guel Cetin, Melike Demir, Yavuz Selim Kacmaz, Cengiz Kotan, Tunahan Koessekoglu, Samed Kuecuekikiz, Fatma OEncel, and Nihal Temuerge for research assistance at different stages of the project. We also thank for useful comments three anonymous referees and the participants of sessions in European Historical Economics Society Conference at the Paris School of Economics, Political Economy of Turkey Workshop at the LSE, ERF Annual Conference in Kuwait, Research Initiative on the Economics of the Middle East (RIEME) Workshop at Pantheon Sorbonne, World Economic History Congress at MIT, and seminars at Bocconi University, Bogazici University, Mar-mara University, and Middle East Technical University. Ulas Karakoc acknowledges the generous financial support offered by Thyssen Foundation (project number 10.17.2. 036.GE), and Guenes Asik and Ulas Karakoc acknowledge the financial support of TUBITAK (project number 218K229) and TEPAV. All errors remain our own. en_US
dc.identifier.citationcount 7
dc.identifier.doi 10.1111/ehr.13245 en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0013-0117
dc.identifier.issn 1468-0289
dc.identifier.scopus 2-s2.0-85148615783 en_US
dc.identifier.scopusquality Q1
dc.identifier.uri https://doi.org/10.1111/ehr.13245
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12469/5610
dc.identifier.wos WOS:000944600900001 en_US
dc.identifier.wosquality Q1
dc.khas 20231019-WoS en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Wiley en_US
dc.relation.ispartof Economic History Review en_US
dc.relation.publicationcategory Makale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı en_US
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess en_US
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dc.subject Income Inequality En_Us
dc.subject Convergence En_Us
dc.subject Growth En_Us
dc.subject Deindustrialization En_Us
dc.subject Urbanization En_Us
dc.subject Conflict En_Us
dc.subject Impact En_Us
dc.subject Income Inequality
dc.subject Convergence
dc.subject Growth
dc.subject Deindustrialization
dc.subject regional inequalities en_US
dc.subject Urbanization
dc.subject regional disparities en_US
dc.subject Conflict
dc.subject Turkey en_US
dc.subject Impact
dc.subject Ottoman Empire en_US
dc.title Regional Inequalities and the West-East Divide in Turkey Since 1913 en_US
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