Globalization and Income Distribution

This study aims to reveal the conceptual development of globalization over the years and to examine its relationship with the concept of income distribution.Primarily, the development of concepts has been investigated in this context.In the next section, the common literature on these concepts were reviewed and various studies about the effects of globalization on income distribution were determined.The effects of globalization on income distribution in Turkey and the world has been disclosed separately.Poverty indicators, which are the result of the inequality in income distribution, are also included in the analysis during examination of this situation.The income distribution causes formation of the bipolar world order in the world and inequality in income distribution with the development of Gini coefficient in Turkey.As a result, instead of trying to ensure justice in income distribution in less developed countries, the institutions established by globalization tend to focus on relatively easy targets such as improving the opportunities of the poor in the lowest income population, and the income distribution inequality deepened by globalization policies does not improve.