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Keywords: Women's Employment

Can Women Boost Turkey’s Growth? Policy Note / Güneş A. Aşık
Haber Resim
21/02/2013   "Low female labor force participation rate (FLPR) in Turkey has always been an important item on TEPAV’s agenda. Currently, the participation rate is 28.8 percent compared to the OECD average of 61.8 percent. Mexico has the second lowest FLPR [More]
Myths and Realities about Women Entrepreneurship: Many CEOs, Few Employers, Small Labor Force Meeting held as part of the GEP - Turkey hosted Minister Fatma Şahin and US Ambassador to Turkey Francis Ricciardone.
Haber Resim
22/10/2012 ANKARA – Speaking at the meeting on the topic “Women Entrepreneurship: Myths and Realities,” held on Monday, 22 October 2012, Nilgün Arısan Eralp, TEPAV Director of the European Union, related the title of the meeting to the rates of women [More]
The Number of Housewives Increased by 496,000 Annually As of the end of March, population out of the labor force grew by 868,000 year-on-year.
Haber Resim
14/07/2012   ANKARA – Labor force participation rate as of the end of March decreased to 49.4 percent. As a result, the population out of the labor force grew by 868,000 people, 496,000 being housewives. The eighth issue of the TEPAV Employment Monitorin [More]
The annual cost of keeping women at home is $574 billion Commentary / Esen Çağlar
Haber Resim
02/04/2012   "Those of you who watched TV in the 90s might have come across a show called Sliders. It’s about a group of people who travel across parallel universes, each with its own alternate version of reality. They come across worlds in which the G [More]
The World Economy after the Crisis: Risks and Possible Solutions During a meeting held at TEPAV, recent developments in the world economy and their impacts on Turkey were discussed in their many aspects.
Haber Resim
30/03/2012   ANKARA – On Friday, 30 March 2012, a meeting was held at TEPAV to discuss the challenges and risks the world economy has faced in the post-crisis era particularly after August 2011 and their impacts on the Turkish economy. The speakers drew a [More]
Women’s Employment Increases in the West, Decreases in the East Women’s employment is highest in Denizli, İzmir, İstanbul, Edirne, and Kırklareli and lowest in Şırnak, Ağrı, Bitlis, Van and Siirt.  Employment among women continues to decline in  eastern Turkey.
Haber Resim
29/12/2011 ANKARA – The ratio of women’s employment, which averages 23.7 percent in Turkey, falls as low as 6.8 percent in the eastern provinces of the country. The ratio of women’s employment is highest in Denizli, İzmir, İstanbul, Edirne, and Kırkl [More]
TEPAV Will Monitor Employment The first issue of the TEPAV Employment Monitoring Bulletin was published. The total number of insured workers increased by 9.5 percent to 950,000 between August 2010 and 2011.
Haber Resim
01/12/2011   ANKARA – Istanbul took the largest share in the employment gain. Between August 2010 and August 2011, the total number of insured paid workers increased by 9.5 percent to 950,000. The share of Istanbul in this increase was 30 percent. Izmir [More]