TY - JOUR AU - Bolkol, Hakki Kutay PY - 2023/01/31 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Regional Income Convergence in Turkey: An Empirical Analysis from an Endogenous Growth Perspective JF - Panoeconomicus JA - Panoeconomicus VL - 70 IS - 1 SE - Original scientific paper DO - 10.2298/PAN190428010B UR - http://panoeconomicus.org/index.php/jorunal/article/view/831 SP - 127-153 AB - <p>This study analyzes convergence among regions of Turkey from an endogenous growth perspective. The results show that human capital, which is represented with R&amp;D personnel, has a negative impact on economic growth in the regions based on its percentage in total employment. Moreover, we find that there is an estimated U-shaped relationship, which implies that if the percentage of R&amp;D personnel in total employment increases after a certain level, the effect has a tendency of turning positive; the west region is especially closer to having a positive effect. However, regarding convergence, the relatively high-income west is closer to experiencing the positive effect of R&amp;D personnel. Moreover, due to the relatively low percentage of R&amp;D personnel in the east region, the economic growth of the east region is more negatively affected by R&amp;D personnel. Therefore, using a strategy that is based on increasing the percentage of R&amp;D personnel cannot help the east region to close the differences in income. <br /><br /><strong>JEL</strong>: O30, O47, O50, R11, R15.</p> ER -