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Labor Mobility across the Formal/Informal Divide in Turkey: Evidence from Individual Level Data

Tansel, Aysit; Oznur Kan, Elif - 2012

Informality has long been a salient phenomenon in developing country labor markets, thus has been addressed in several theoretical and empirical research. Turkey, given its economic and demographic dynamics, provides rich evidence for a growing, heterogeneous and multifaceted informal labor...

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The formal/informal employment earnings gap: Evidence from Turkey

Tansel, Aysit; Öznur Kan, Elif - 2012

In this study, we examine the formal/informal sector earnings differentials in the Turkish labor market using detailed econometric methodologies and a novel panel data set drawn from the 2006-2009 Income and Living Conditions Survey (SILC). In particular, we test if there is evidence of...

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Labor mobility across the formal/informal divide in Turkey: Evidence from individual level data

Tansel, Aysit; Öznur Kan, Elif - 2012

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Labor Mobility Across The Formal/Informal Divide in Turkey: Evidence From Individual Level Data

Tansel, Aysit; Kan, Elif Oznur - 2012

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Economic Development and Female Labor Force Participation in Turkey : Time-Series Evidence and Cross-Section Estimates

Tansel, Aysit - 2002

, unemployment had a considerable discouraging effect on female labor force participation while the impact of education was strongly … positive. The hidden unemployment computations indicate that urban female unemployment rate is underestimated and the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014119863

Defining and Measuring Informality in the Turkish Labor Market

Kan, Elif Oznur - 2014

This paper investigates how informality can be defined and measured in the Turkish labor market. Two alternative definitions of informality are used to explore their relevance and implications for the Turkish labor market using descriptive statistics. They are the enterprise definition and the...

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Defining and Measuring Informality in the Turkish Labor Market

Kan, Elif Oznur - 2014

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Macroeconomic Policy and Unemployment by Economic Activity: Evidence from Turkey

Berument, Hakan; Dogan, Nukhet; Tansel, Aysit - 2008

This paper investigates how macroeconomic policy shocks in Turkey affect the total unemployment and provides evidence … on the differential responses of the unemployment by sectors of economic activity. Our paper extends the previous work in … two respects. First, we consider not only the response of total unemployment but also the response of unemployment by …

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Output-Employment Relationship across Sectors: A Long- versus Short-Run Perspective

Şahin, Afşin; Tansel, Aysit; Berument, M. Hakan - 2013

This paper investigates the nature of the output-employment relationship by using the Turkish quarterly data for the period from 1988 to 2008. Even if we fail to find a long-run relationship between aggregate output and total employment, there are long-run relationships for the aggregate output...

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Output–Employment Relationship Across Employment Status : Evidence from Turkey

Sahin, Afsin - 2018

This paper investigates output–employment relationships across different employment statuses and formal versus informal employment divisions for Turkey. Even if we fail to find a long-run relationship between aggregate output and total employment, there are long-run relationships between the...

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