Article 2010

Hazard analysis of unemployment duration by gender in a developing country: The case of Turkey

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Tansel, Aysit
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Mehmet Taşçi, H.
Labour
Journal · Vol. 24 · Issue 4 · pp. 501-530
Abstract

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 analyse the determinants of the probability of leaving unemployment for employment or the hazard rate. The effects of the personal and household characteristics and the local labour market conditions are examined. The analyses are carried out for men and women separately. The results indicate that the nature of unemployment in Turkey exhibits similarities to the unemployment in both the developed and the developing countries. © 2010 CEIS, Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini and Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

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labor market unemployment developing world hazard assessment Turkey gender issue
Author Affiliations
Department of Economics, Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Ankara, Turkey
Department of Econometrics, Erciyes Üniversitesi, Kayseri, Kayseri, Turkey
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