This paper provides a systematic analysis of the determinants of transitions in the Turkish labor market by using the Household Labor Force Survey (HLFS) panel data of 2000 and 2001. We provide two types of evidence. First, we compute annual transition probabilities between the labor market...

There is little evidence on unemployment duration and its determinants in developing countries. This study is on the duration aspect of unemployment in a developing country, Turkey. We analyze the determinants of the probability of leaving unemployment for employment or the hazard rate. The...

There is little evidence on unemployment duration and its determinants in developing countries. This study is on the duration aspect of unemployment in a developing country, Turkey. We analyze the determinants of the probability of leaving unemployment for employment or the hazard rate. The...

This paper provides a systematic analysis of the determinants of transitions in the Turkish labor market by using the Household Labor Force Survey (HLFS) panel data of 2000 and 2001. We provide two types of evidence. First, we compute annual transition probabilities between the labor market...

There are few studies on unemployment duration in developing countries. This is the first study on duration aspect of unemployment in Turkey. We use the results of the Household Labor Force Surveys of 2000 and 2001 to construct a cross-section of durations of unemployment spells. We analyze the...

This paper provides a systematic analysis of the determinants of transitions in the Turkish labor market by using the Household Labor Force Survey (HLFS) panel data of 2000 and 2001. We provide two types of evidence. First, we compute annual transition probabilities between the labor market...

There are a few numbers of studies on job search behavior of unemployed individuals in the developing countries. The aim of this paper is to examine those factors which have an effect on the job-search intensity of Turkish unemployed job seekers. For this purpose we use the data on individual...

The long term unemployment, defined as people out of work continuously for a year or over (or for more than six months with another definition) has been one of the most disturbing factors for the labor market performance, the economy, in general as well as for the individual and social...

Underemployment is an important problem as unemployment for most of the developing countries. This paper aims to examine the impact of individual as well as labor market characteristics on being underemployment in Turkey. We use micro level data obtained from nationally representative data sets...