In developing countries, particularly in Algeria, the determinants of the integration of individuals to the labor market remain poorly understood. We exploit two employment surveys conducted among Algerian households in 1997 and 2007 by the National Office of Statistics. This work aimed at...

This paper discusses the role of labor market flexibility in economic adjustment during the 1970s and the 1980s decades in developing countries in Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa. In the first part of the paper it is argued that the success of the Asian countries to adjust to...

This paper sets out to investigate some aspects of the differential inpact of the process of globalization on labor oucomes in countries of the MENA region. It examines the impact of the process of globalization on the nature of labor processes and the new employment profiles, explores the...

Issues relating to self employment in developed and developing countries alike have been attracting the attention of researchers recently. This paper examines several aspects of self and wage employment in Turkey. For this purpose, individual level data from the April and October rounds of the...

Using earnings functions estimates on an Egyptian establishment-level survey conducted in 1990, standard decomposition techniques of wage differentials show that both males and females have an earning disadvantage in the public enterprise and government sectors after correcting for a range of...

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the impact of the 1980 liberalization program on the structure of sectoral employment in Turkey. 1973 is a representative year for the inward looking import substitution era (1960-1979) and 1990 for the export promotion era (1980-). We use semi-closed...

This study examines convergence in aggregate labor productivity levels, using data on the 67 provinces of Turkey over the period 1975-1990. Markov chains, a nonparametric approach, are applied to characterize the long run tendency of labor productivity. Evidence shows polarization: the...

The purpose of the paper is to study how globalization has affected the trade regime, industrial and labor market policies in Turkey. The paper concentrates on three aspects related to globalization: changes in trade regime, changes in industrial policies and issues related to labor markets. The...