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A note on the intertemporal labor dynamics in Turkey

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  • Serdar Selçuk

    (Boğaziçi University, Department of Economics)

  • Orhan Torul

    (Boğaziçi University, Department of Economics)

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In this paper, we investigate the nature of the negative relationship between the unemployment rate and the labor force participation rate in Turkey. We report that the discouraged unemployed worker phenomenon is not the main driving force behind the documented negative co-movement. We show that the negative relationship can be explained instead by 1) the simultaneous inflow of workers to the employed state from the inactive and unemployed states when the unemployment rate decreases, and 2) the simultaneous outflow of workers from the employed state to the inactive and the unemployed states when the unemployment rate increases. We also report that empirical intertemporal labor market transitions of couples do not provide evidence for within-household risk sharing in Turkey.

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  • Serdar Selçuk & Orhan Torul, 2016. "A note on the intertemporal labor dynamics in Turkey," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 36(4), pages 2063-2079.
    • Handle: RePEc:ebl:ecbull:eb-16-00076
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    • E2 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment
    • J4 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets

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