Turkey: February Job Report
Labor market data for February 2016 was released early this week. The unemployment rate was down 20 basis points on monthly basis to 10.9% according to the official figures. The employment rate also saw a pick-up and stood at 45.3% while workforce participation rate was 10 basis points higher...
Is Productivity in Decline?
In the years since the global financial crisis many economies have face slower expansions in some key components of potential output growth, and following that, lower potential growth has emerging as a new reality for the global economy. In advanced economies it has been driven by slower capital accumulation and labor growth which...
Which Industries Create Most Jobs in Turkey
The day before I posted this article Turkey’s Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek had been complaining that state is growing in Turkey by giving the number of people employed in public utilities. Surprisingly he had been criticizing employment policies, and consequently the government while changes in the Cabinet is on the agenda. But then...