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The Formal/Informal Employment Earnings Gap: Evidence from Turkey

Tansel, Aysit; Kan, Elif Oznur - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 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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Labour-Use Efficiency in Tunisian Manufacturing Industries

Haouas, Ilham; Yagoubi, Mahmoud; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

This paper investigates the process of adjustment in employment. A dynamic model is applied to a panel of six Tunisian manufacturing industries observed over the period 1971– 96. The adjustment process is industry and time specific. The adjustment parameter is specified in terms of factors...

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The Impacts of Trade Liberalization on Employment and Wages in Tunisian Industries

Haouas, Ilham; Yagoubi, Mahmoud; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

This paper investigates short and long-run effects of trade liberalization on employment and wages. Employment and wage equations are estimated using data (1971–96) for importable and exportable sectors in Tunisia. Causality tests show that causality is unidirectional. Wages strongly causes...

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Unemployment and Transitions in the Turkish Labor Market: Evidence from Individual Level Data

Tasci, H. Mehmet; Tansel, Aysit - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

transition probabilities between the labor market states of employment, unemployment and out-of-the labor force under Markovian … in unemployment rates of these groups. Second, we present estimates of gender-specific multinomial logit models to … have higher unemployment rates than urban men because they have lower probability of exiting unemployment for a job and …

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