Labor mobility across the formal/informal divide in Turkey Evidence from individual-level data

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TANSEL A., ACAR E. Ö.

JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC STUDIES, vol.44, no.4, pp.617-635, 2017 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 44 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2017
  • Doi Number: 10.1108/jes-06-2015-0103
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC STUDIES
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.617-635
  • Keywords: Multinomial logit, Informality, Mobility, Turkey, Europe and Central Asia, Labour market dynamics, Markov transition analysis, MARKET, INFORMALITY, SEGMENTATION, TRANSITION, AMERICA, MEXICO
  • Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Purpose - This paper, the first one to use individual-level Turkish panel data, examines the labor market transitions in Turkey along the formal/informal employment divide. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the limited body of empirical evidence available on mobility and informality in the Turkish labor market.