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From Guest to Second Class Workers: Wage Discrimination among Syrian and Turkish Workers

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  • Kahveci, Mustafa

    (İstanbul University)

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It is clear that immigrants, when participating in labor markets, are forced to turn towards labor-intensive sectors where wages are low, flexibility is the most intensive, and demand for skilled workers is the least. It can be said that the Turkish labor market has experienced a significant immigrant labor input mostly due to the movement of Syrian refugees, with a number of some 3 million today, following the civil war in Syria. Based on Istanbul, Turkey’s quantitatively most Syrian refugee-receiving city, this study examines the wage discrimination between native workers and Syrian immigrant workers in the textile sector having a composition of labour intensive, lowwage, and where informality is most common. In this context, the study aims to analyze the wage gap on the textile labor market, and also to examine the possible causes of the wage discrimination in the sector.

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  • Kahveci, Mustafa, 2019. "From Guest to Second Class Workers: Wage Discrimination among Syrian and Turkish Workers," Bulletin of Economic Theory and Analysis, BETA Journals, vol. 4(2), pages 97-118, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:betajl:0041
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    Keywords

    Wage Discrimantion; Human Capital Theory; Migration; Textile Industry;
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    JEL classification:

    • J01 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics: General
    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity

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