Regional Employment Volatility−Causes and Consequences: The Case of Turkey

Regional employment volatility is a phenomenon describing the strongly fluctuating patterns of employment. In the extant literature, far little attention has been devoted to understanding the causes and consequences of this phenomenon in developing countries. The present study aims to analyze the cr...

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Main Author: Hasan Engin Duran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KARE Publishing 2017-06-01
Series:Megaron
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Online Access:https://jag.journalagent.com/z4/download_fulltext.asp?pdir=megaron&un=MEGARON-52244
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description Regional employment volatility is a phenomenon describing the strongly fluctuating patterns of employment. In the extant literature, far little attention has been devoted to understanding the causes and consequences of this phenomenon in developing countries. The present study aims to analyze the cross-regional determinants of employment volatility in Turkey. We use a range of panel data regression methods (Random Effects and OLS) and adopt employment data and various other explanatory variables for NUTS-II regions over the period 2004–2013. Our analyses indicate two main results: first, there are sizable cross-regional differences in employment volatility, and second, the volatility of a region is mostly related to demographic and market-size characteristics. Hence, regions with a high rate of labor market participation moderated growth rates and the ones constituting greater market areas experienced a relatively smooth employment pattern and, thus, enjoy a stable economy.
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spelling doaj.art-14bdffef27bb479dac2c11b033b3ab972023-02-15T16:07:26ZengKARE PublishingMegaron1309-69152017-06-0112228029110.5505/megaron.2017.52244MEGARON-52244Regional Employment Volatility−Causes and Consequences: The Case of TurkeyHasan Engin Duran0Izmir Institute of Technology, İzmir, TurkeyRegional employment volatility is a phenomenon describing the strongly fluctuating patterns of employment. In the extant literature, far little attention has been devoted to understanding the causes and consequences of this phenomenon in developing countries. The present study aims to analyze the cross-regional determinants of employment volatility in Turkey. We use a range of panel data regression methods (Random Effects and OLS) and adopt employment data and various other explanatory variables for NUTS-II regions over the period 2004–2013. Our analyses indicate two main results: first, there are sizable cross-regional differences in employment volatility, and second, the volatility of a region is mostly related to demographic and market-size characteristics. Hence, regions with a high rate of labor market participation moderated growth rates and the ones constituting greater market areas experienced a relatively smooth employment pattern and, thus, enjoy a stable economy.https://jag.journalagent.com/z4/download_fulltext.asp?pdir=megaron&un=MEGARON-52244employment volatilitypanel regressionrandom effect.
spellingShingle Hasan Engin Duran
Regional Employment Volatility−Causes and Consequences: The Case of Turkey
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employment volatility
panel regression
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title Regional Employment Volatility−Causes and Consequences: The Case of Turkey
title_full Regional Employment Volatility−Causes and Consequences: The Case of Turkey
title_fullStr Regional Employment Volatility−Causes and Consequences: The Case of Turkey
title_full_unstemmed Regional Employment Volatility−Causes and Consequences: The Case of Turkey
title_short Regional Employment Volatility−Causes and Consequences: The Case of Turkey
title_sort regional employment volatility 8722 causes and consequences the case of turkey
topic employment volatility
panel regression
random effect.
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