1. Markets Factor Markets Econ 102 Spring 2016

2.  Goods and Services Markets-  Factors and Production Markets –  Capital, Labor  Financial Markets-  Financial Assets  Money,  Bonds. Markets

3.  Population: 77.7 million  Non-institutional population:  +15 Age Working age population:58 640.0  Labor Force:30 141.0  Employed:27 261.0  Unemployed: 2 880.0  Not-in-labor force: 28 499.0 Turkish Labor market

4. Turkish Labor Market 2015 (in thousands)

5.  Labor Force Participation Rate: (Labor Force/Working Age Population)x100= 48.6 %  Unemployment Rate: ( Unemployed/Labor Force)x100= 9.9% (Non –agricultural U% = 12.1 %) (Youth U% = 17.4%) Labor Force Participation and Unemployment rate (2012)

6. Turkish Labor Market (2015) December 2012 (in thousands) or (in %) Kurumsal olmayan nüfus (non-institutional pop)77700 15 ve yukarı yaştaki nüfus (population above 15 yrs)58650 İşgücü (Labor Force)30141 İstihdam (Employment)27261 İşsiz (Unemployment)2880 İşgücüne katılma oranı (%) ( labor force participation rate) 51.39 % İşsizlik oranı (%) (unemployment rate)9.56 % İşgücüne dahil olmayanlar (not in the labor force)28499

7. Recent Unemployment Rates (Economist)

8. Unemployment rates 1996-2011 for various countries

9. Labor Force Participation Rate in Countries World Bank Statistics

10. Per Capita GDP (2012 at 2005 constant US dollars)

11. US Unemployment rate

12. How do the US Unemployment rate and Participation Rate move like this?

13. U%

14.  The information is collected from Household Labor Force Survey by TUIK  13 000 households,  “Are you connected to any workplace or did you work for at least an hour in the last week?” Note: (If you count those who worked more than 16 hours then the Unemployment rate will increase by + 3.4) Turkish Employment and Unemployment Data

15. Background information:  Historical Perspective:  Started in 1966-87 on a trial basis  How often is the survey conducted?  1988-1999 conducted twice in every year  Since 2000 conducted every month  Now: Published monthly, since 2005,  Seasonality is present.  Turkey is divided to 12 districts (cities and rural district details)  (Another classification is for 26 districts without rural or non- rural distinction, does not provide labor market data in city level.) Household labor force survey

16.  To non-institutional population: excludes living in hotels, dorms, any institution (prison, care facilities for children and old), military barracks.  Working age is defined as +15 of age group.  Household- living together, giving joint consumption decisions with joint income.  Household is defined by the address.  Turkey is divided into blocks of 100 households.  Each selected block is visited 4 times a year to complete the information.  13000 households are visited every month; for each 3 months period 123000 people is surveyed and 90000 are in 15 and above age group. Coverage of HLF Survey

17.  Household is sent a letter ahead of the visit.  They ask the questions about a ‘reference week’, starts on Monday following the reference week and completed within 1-3 weeks.  Use a concept of ‘reference week’ which is first Monday to Sunday of each month.  Everybody is talked to;  Ages 6 and above are questioned about their education status.  Ages 15 and above are questions bout their employment status.  They are recorded electronically. Any mistake is tried to be corrected during the survey.  Each month different set of households can be surveyed.  Checked and corrected locally and then in central offices.  Projections for the whole population are computed via weighting schemes.  45 days after the end of each month the survey results can be published. How is the survey conducted?

18.  The labor force is all population above 15 who is total number either working and looking for a job.  They are asked whether they have worked (at a jobs) in return for salary, wage, for him(her)self, for the family for at least an hour; If they are wage and salary earner and they are not at their jobs but continue receive 50% of their salary or they will return in 3 months, they are employed. Daily-wages earners who look for a job every day, have to be employed in the reference week. Seasonal workers who are not at their jobs and who are working with daily wages are considered ‘unemployed’ if they say that they are looking for a job; and ‘not in labor force’ if they are not looking for a job. Unpaid family workers will have to be working within the reference week. If not, they will be treated like the rest and same criteria is used. How is the labor force defined? (İş gücü tanımı)

19.  Has been conducted in accordance with the Eurostat questionnaire and its standards, since 2004  When the EUROSTAT changed in the standards and revised its definitions, Turkey adopted the new standards and the number of questions doubled, Information on HLF Survey

20.  Minor differences between Eurostat and TUIK classifications:  Ages:  Eurostat: Over 15 and less than 65  TUIK:Over 15  Unemployed: looking for a job during…  Eurostat: Last 4 weeks and with active search  TUIK: Last 3 months and with passive search. Information on HLF Survey

21.  US: Current Population Survey, Current Employment Statistics, Office of Workforce Security (active)  Unemployed for 15 weeks or more.  Lost their job or completed a part-time job.  Unemployed and actively looked for a job in the last 4 weeks.  TURKEY: TUIK (passive)  Looked for a job in the last 3 months,  Can be employed within 15 days. Definition of Unemployment

22.  People who do not have a job, who is looking for a job within the last 3 months and who can start working in 2 weeks if he finds a job. Unemployed

23. Individuals who is  working less than 40 hours a week or  working but looking for another job. Underemployment

24. Individuals who are:  doing practical training,  housewives,  farmers who are producing for his own consumption,  volunteer work, Cases to consider…

25.  The part of population capable of working but not in the labor force. 1.Capable of working but not looking for a job.  Has no hope finding a job_discouraged workers  Not looking for a job for other reasons. (seasonal worker, retired or has other income, has for other reasons not looking for a job) 2.Not capable of working.  ( students, housewives, disability, family or personal reasons ) Not In the Labor Force

26.  US: lost his/her job involuntarily, up to 26 week, based on amount of earnings and the number of quarters worked, (average is $293 weekly)  Germany: 12 months contribution prior to loosing his job, 60 % of his salary, for 12 months, longer if older than 55 (max. 2964 euro).  Turkey: has to apply within 30 days of loosing job, should have been working 120 days when become unemployed, should have worked a min of 600 days prior with security payments, 40% of the salary but less than 80 % of the min.wage. Unemployment Benefits

27.  Bagkur ve SSK_ employment information but not complete because of non-registered workers and agricultural workers.  Iskur_ the number of unemployed actively looking for a job.  Their coverage is not exactly the same. But comparisons can be made when you follow the registered (formal) employment data part of the household survey. Are there other sources for employment data?

28. 1.Frictional Unemployment Natural Rate of Unemployment 2.Structural Unemployment 3.Cyclical Unemployment Unemployment types