Adjustment, Stabilisation and the Analysis of the Employment Structure in Turkey: An Input- Output Approach

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Output–employment Relationship Across Sectors: A Long‐ Versus Short‐run Perspective

“…Günçavdı et al . (), using input–output tables, show that the openness in trade of the intermediate goods creates a demand for workers in the Turkish economy.…”

“…Berument et al (2009) claim that the responses of the sectoral unemployment rates are not the same; they depend on the type of shocks. Günçavdı et al (2004), using input-output tables, show that the openness in trade of the intermediate goods creates a demand for workers in the Turkish economy.…”

Unravelling the structure of Turkish exports: Impediments and policy

“…This could evidently have made supplying to the domestic market more profitable (due to high demand) as well as attractive than exporting for domestic producers. Second, the import dependency of the Turkish economy had historically been high (see Günçavdı et al, 2003), but this has drastically increased lately due to the ease of access to international capital markets, which has made borrowing a less cumbersome option to acquire foreign exchange than exporting. 7 Besides, a large surge in international liquidity in the 2000s exposed developing countries like Turkey to capital inflows, which inevitably deteriorated relative prices against domestic one, and caused an appreciation in the real exchange rate.…”

Sources of Labor Growth in Malaysian Manufacturing Sector

“…The results demonstrated that export composition has reduced and strengthened demand for labor. By using two input-output tables, Guncavdi et al (2003) calculated the labor demand of the Turkish industries and analyzed the changes in labor demand. Their findings showed that foreign trade in intermediate goods creates extra use of domestic labor.…”