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The impact of Syrian refugees on the Turkish labor market

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dc.contributor Graduate Program in Economics.
dc.contributor.advisor Kırdar, Murat G.
dc.contributor.author Aksu, Ege.
dc.date.accessioned 2023-03-16T12:00:07Z
dc.date.available 2023-03-16T12:00:07Z
dc.date.issued 2017.
dc.identifier.other EC 2017 A67
dc.identifier.uri http://digitalarchive.boun.edu.tr/handle/123456789/16294
dc.description.abstract The Syrian civil war that started in 2011, has caused millions of Syrians fled from their country. As one of the closest countries, Turkey has received more refugees than any other neighboring countries. The figure as of March 2017, is almost 3 million. This paper tries to estimate the impact of Syrian refugees on the labor market outcomes of natives in Turkey. Syrian refugees who do not have work permits, supply informal labor to the Turkish labor market. Using both ordinary least squares and instrumental variable estimations, I find that the natives and Syrian refugees are substitutes at a significant degree, resulting in informal job losses for Turkish workers. There is an increase in formal jobs, but affecting only men. Women are not in a good position to take advantage of the newly created formal jobs most probably as a result of increased demand due to Syrian refugees. Women lose their jobs and drop out of labor force. Wage effects are also significant. Hourly and monthly wages for formal jobs show an increase, consistent with the increased labor demand. More interestingly, monthly wages for informal jobs also increase while hourly wages remain unaffected which can be explained by an increase in working hours.
dc.format.extent 30 cm.
dc.publisher Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2017.
dc.subject.lcsh Refugees -- Syria.
dc.subject.lcsh Labor market -- Refugees -- Syria.
dc.subject.lcsh Labor market -- Turkey.
dc.title The impact of Syrian refugees on the Turkish labor market
dc.format.pages viii, 72 leaves ;


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