Benefit-Cost Analysis of Reforming the Turkish Social Insurance Institution for the Self-Employed (Bağ-Kur)

Download
2006-12
Gümüş, Erdal
The purpose of this study is to estimate social benefits and social costs associated with a Feldsteinian-type gradual privatization of the Turkish Social Insurance Institute for Self –Employed Persons, “BK”. Based on data provided by the International Labor Organization, financial projections of the institution were made and extended to apply benefit-cost model of privatization. Present value of the change in net social benefit was estimated. The effect of privatization on representative individuals has also been quantified. Results indicate that social benefits associated with a privatization alternative exceed the social costs even after adjustments for changes in key parameters that reduce social net benefits. However, privatization affects current representative individuals so negatively that it may constitute a “good political reason” to be against, rather than in favor of, choosing privatization.

Suggestions

An overlapping generations analysis of social security reform in Turkey
Değer, Çağacan; Voyvoda, Ebru; Department of Economics (2011)
The aim of this study is to analyse the impacts of the social security system reform performed in Turkey within the first decade of the 2000s. Specifically, the effects of the parametric changes brought about by the reform in the retirement system are investigated. For the stated purpose, a 30-period overlapping generations (OLG) model has been constructed and a parametric social security system reform has been implemented within the constructed model. The results show that the reform causes increases in the d...
Kamu maliyesi politikalarının nesillerarası refah perspektifinden değerlendirilmesi: Türkiye ekonomisi için bir dinamik genel denge modeli çalışması
Voyvoda, Ebru(2010)
Bu çalışmanın amacı, tipik bir gelişmekte olan ekonomi özelliği gösteren ve iktisadi kararlar alan bireylerin/hanelerin tüketim/tasarruf kalıplarının karakteristik yapılar içerdiği Türkiye ekonomisi için kamu harcama/gelir planlarının dinamik etkilerini incelemeye, ve kamu maliye politikası alternatiflerini, özellikle nesiller arası refah etkisi açısından karşılaştırmaya yarayan bir ardışık nesiller (overlapping generations) modelleme çalışması gerçekleştirmektir. Kamu gelir/harcama yönünden maliye politika...
Determination of adequate funding for unemployment insurance in Turkey
Yıldırım, Hacı Burak; Kestel, A. Sevtap; Department of Financial Mathematics (2019)
This thesis analyzes future affordability of unemployment insurance fund (UIF) by determining future income of UIF with occurrence of additional expense which is support and incentive payment to firms, in Turkey. Main goal in this thesis work is to study how monthly income of fund can afford support expenses which is being implemented for last one and a half year by fund managers in Turkey. ARIMA model is built for unemployment rate and autoregression model is constructed for predicting future of UIF. Analy...
Factors limiting the effectiveness of EU grant projects: a case study of the ISEDP projects in Ankara
Yıldırım, Ümit; Ecevit, Fatma Yıldız; Department of Social Policy (2019)
The purpose of this thesis is to examine the effectiveness of EU funded ISEDP (Improving Social Integration and Employability of Disadvantaged Persons) grant scheme programs based in Ankara. Another subject of this work is also to examine the effectiveness of ISEDP grant schemes on the related policies’ improvement. Additionally, this thesis aims to understand what the fundamental reasons behind each projects’ outcome deviations are. Within the frame of development theory, the thesis analyzes the mentality ...
Job counselling in a comparative perspective: the cases of Denmark, United Kingdom and Turkey
Tatar, Onur; Göksel, Asuman; Department of European Studies (2019)
In this study, “job counselling” services as the central component of the Active Labour Market Policies (ALMPs) in Turkey, Denmark and the UK have been compared in relation to these countries’ labour market performances, different approaches to welfare and job creation practices. Within the context of the contemporary labour market reforms, the ALMPs are considered as the main policy instruments to overcome the unemployment problem and to ensure a well operating labour market. In this context, job counselli...
Citation Formats
E. Gümüş, “Benefit-Cost Analysis of Reforming the Turkish Social Insurance Institution for the Self-Employed (Bağ-Kur),” ODTÜ Gelişme Dergisi, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 169–206, 2006, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: http://www2.feas.metu.edu.tr/metusd/ojs/index.php/metusd/article/view/104.