Nüfus yaşlanmasi gelir eşitsizliğini artırıyor mu? Panel asimetrik heterojen nedensellik analizinden kanıtlar

ENInequality tends to be higher in older age groups compared to young adults, and thus population aging is considered to be an important factor that increases income inequality. In this context, this study investigates how population aging affects income inequality in 27 EU countries and Turkey for the period 1971-2020. The relationship between population aging and income inequality is tested symmetrically. Since the hypothesis that increasing aging increases income inequality is to be tested, the positive components obtained after decomposing the variables into their components are included in the analysis. After the a priori tests, the Emirmahmutoglu and Kose Causality Test (2011), which provides causality results specific to each country and is valid under horizontal cross section dependence, is applied. The findings of the analyses indicate that the increase in the elderly population increases income inequality in Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Lithuania and Greece. Keywords: population ageing, income inequality, Emirmahmutoğlu and Kose causality test.