2015
DOI: 10.3846/20294913.2015.1015110
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Regional Employment Generation Potential of the Turkish Labor Market: An Inter-Sectoral Perspective

Abstract: Abstract. Contractionary effects of the current global crisis are not homogenous among sectors. Moreover, sectoral employment multipliers and high regional unemployment differentials unequally transfer these effects into labor market. The purpose of this study is to explore the inter-sectoral sensitivities of regional labor markets in Turkey to changes in the final demand. To do this, we decompose the labor demand by sectors and by regions using input-output methodology. Own employment generation effects and r… Show more

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“…The construction industry has a significant role in terms of growth promotion and employment generation, and it also supports other sectors to which it is linked (Durdyev & Ismail, 2016;Durdyev, Zavadskas, Thurnell, Banaitis, & Ihtiyar, 2018;Gündüz & Kaya, 2017;Nazarko & Chodakowska, 2017). Since this sector influences the growth of national economy, its productivity level is of critical importance.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…The construction industry has a significant role in terms of growth promotion and employment generation, and it also supports other sectors to which it is linked (Durdyev & Ismail, 2016;Durdyev, Zavadskas, Thurnell, Banaitis, & Ihtiyar, 2018;Gündüz & Kaya, 2017;Nazarko & Chodakowska, 2017). Since this sector influences the growth of national economy, its productivity level is of critical importance.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Labor is the main component of any construction project and on-site labor costs contribute between 33% to 50% of total project costs (Fayek, 2011). Therefore, it can be argued that the construction sector is a labor sensitive sector and its productivity is dependent on labor productivity (Jarkas, 2012;Gündüz & Kaya, 2017). In the construction sector, productivity was defined as a ratio between earned work hours and expended work hours, or work hours used (Hanna, Taylor, & Sullivan, 2005).…”
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confidence: 99%