acar, elif öznur çankaya üniversitesi - iktisadi ve idari bilimler fakültesi (iibf) - bankacılık ve finans bölümü, turkey

AN ANALYSIS OF STRUCTURAL TRANFORMATION AND THE LABOR MARKET IN TURKEY

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This study examines the structural transformation in the Turkish economy over the last thirty years and its repercussions in the labor market. First, a review of macroeconomic setting since the 1980s is presented, followed by its effects on the key labor market variables using time series data and international comparisons. In the last section, a number of policy measures against low labor force participation, high unemployment and informality rates to enable the country to cash its demographic dividend labor market is suggested.

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Labor market , Labor force , Structural transformation , Turkey

Pamukkale University Journal Of Social Sciences Institute

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