The demand for women employees as a cheap source of labor has been on the rise ever since the export-oriented industrialization model has been adapted in the late 1970s. Due to increasing informal employment of female workers and even when formally employed their concentration in low wage industries makes gender wage gap an important issue in labour market inequalities. Turkey presents in this respect no different example than other newly industrialized countries. Using the 2004-2016 data from Household Labor Force Surveys, this study presents the differences in informal employment and hourly wages according to gender on the sub-branch level in the manufacturing sector in Turkey. Informality and gender wage gap in the sectors that are characterized with export-orientation and relatively high concentration of womens labor (namely the food products, textiles, and garment manufacturing industries) are examined in the manufacturing sector. The results obtained reveal that in the industries with relatively high degree of export orientation and womens employment; gender gap in hourly wages are larger.
Key words: Economic development, gender, manufacturing, Turkey. JEL Classification: O10, J16, L60 Article Language: EnglishTurkish
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