Uluslararası Avrasya Ekonomileri Konferansı
17-18 Eylül 2013 – St. Petersburg, RUSYA
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Paper ID : 638
Status : Paper published
Language : Türkçe
Topic : Çalışma Ekonomisi ve Göçler
Presenter: Asst. Prof. Dr. Erol Karaca
Session : 4B Orta Asya Ekonomileri
The Position of Women in Economic Life: A Comparison between Transition Economies and Turkey
Kadının Ekonomik Yaşamdaki Yeri: Türkiye ve Geçiş Ekonomilerinin Karşılaştırması
- Prof. Dr. Nuray Gökçek Karaca (Anadolu University, Türkiye)
Abstract
In this study, the participation of women in economic life, in other words their position in economic activity in Turkey was examined in comparison with the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) countries and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). To examine women’s participation in economic life in Turkey in comparison with transition economies, we benefited from the Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM), which was developed by the UNDP the participation of women in economic activity in Turkey is low extremely. The factors that reduce the participation in the workforce by women in Turkey are traditional division of work, economic development, level of education, unpaid family work, informal employment, legal regulation, discrimination, work/non-work preferences. The participation of women in economic activity is also low in transition economies. But transition economies is not homogenous in terms of participation of women in economic activities. Results also indicate that, the participation of women in economic activity in the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is higher than the participation of women in economic activity in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
JEL codes: J16
Gökçek Karaca, Nuray (2013). "The Position of Women in Economic Life: A Comparison between Transition Economies and Turkey" in Proceedings of International Conference of Eurasian Economies 2013, pp.428-434, St. Petersburg, RUSSIA.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36880/C04.00638
Oturum 4B: Orta Asya Ekonomileri
