The Turkish wage curve: Evidence from the household labor force survey

Arbeitspapier

This paper examines the Turkish wage curve using individual data from the Household Labor Force Survey (HLFS) including 26 NUTS-2 regions over the period 2005-2008. When the local unemployment rate is treated as predetermined, there is evidence in favor of the wage curve only for younger and female workers. However, if the lagged unemployment rate is used as an instrument for current unemployment rate, we find an unemployment elasticity of -0.099. We also find a higher elasticity for younger, less educated, low experienced workers than for older, more educated and more experienced workers. Another important finding is that the wages of females in Turkey are significantly more responsive to local unemployment rates than their male counterparts.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 5633

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Single Equation Models: Single Variables: Instrumental Variables (IV) Estimation ; Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs: General ; Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers: General
• Subject: wage curve ; fixed effects ; instrumental variables ; two-stage least squares ; Lohnkurve ; Regionale Lohnstruktur ; Regionale Arbeitslosigkeit ; Lohndifferenzierung ; Schätzung ; Türkei

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Baltagi, Badi H. ; Baskaya, Yusuf Soner ; Hulagu, Timur
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2011

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/51923
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-201104134363
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET