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The impact of the economic crisis on joblessness in Turkey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2023

Seçil A Kaya Bahçe  and
Emel Memiş
Seçil A Kaya Bahçe
Affiliation:
Ankara University, Turkey
Emel Memiş*
Affiliation:
Ankara University, Turkey
*
Emel Memiş, SBF, Ankara University, Cemal Gürsel Caddesi, Cebeci, Ankara 06590, Turkey. Email: ememis@politics.ankara.edu.tr
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Abstract

This study explores the impacts of the 2008–2009 economic crisis on joblessness in Turkey, incorporating into the analysis the marginally attached who would like to work if the opportunity existed, but are not actively searching for a job. We find that women were more likely than men to have a marginally attached status over the whole period of analysis, and during the time of the crisis, the number of marginally attached grew significantly faster for women than for men. The transition probability for the employed to become marginally attached and move out of the labour force rose substantially more for women than it did for men. The results obtained have important implications. Using conventional criteria, it is not possible to identify the degree of motivation to work or search for work in the case of women in Turkey, where the possibilities of shifting the care of burden to someone else or an institution are very limited, as a result of inadequate provisioning of public care services.

Keywords

J64O530R63Economic crisismarginally attachedtransition probabilitiesTurkish labour marketunemploymentworker flows
Type
Non-Symposium Articles
Information
The Economic and Labour Relations Review , Volume 25 , Issue 1: Symposium - Work, Workplaces and Industrial Relations , March 2014 , pp. 130 - 153
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2014

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