Gender Equality in Labor Markets: A Survey About the Industry and Service Sectors in Gaziantep
This paper presents the findings of a survey on women labor issues in two different sectors –industry and service sectors- in Gaziantep. The main aim is to modify the structure of women labor in Gaziantep. The main characteristics of women labour market for Gaziantep is that women labor participatio...
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| description | This paper presents the findings of a survey on women labor issues in two different sectors –industry and service sectors- in Gaziantep. The main aim is to modify the structure of women labor in Gaziantep. The main characteristics of women labour market for Gaziantep is that women labor participation is sharply decreased after marriage which is a traditional issue. Inaddition entrepreneurship is very high. Besides working years with insurance is quite low in all levels of education. The promotions system do not change with education. Education is a crucial variable in the analysis. For instance, the positions are not assigned according to the education in most of the times. This creates inefficiency in labor markets. Another important finding that the rate of entrepreneurship is very high related with other cities of Turkey. The topics of wages, working hours, the comparison of the appropriateness of the work according to education, cultural activities, satisfaction, pleasure from working have been considered from the aspect of the relationship between the working life and family life and besides, finance deficiency in entrepreneurship, and sex discrimination not clear are the main problems in different ratios. The work and the education were not found as related. The level of social coverage, trade union membership and salaried work does change with education positively |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e0fd592e21ee4a0c9daaf11ea19460c62023-02-15T16:19:58ZengGaziantep UniversityGaziantep University Journal of Social Sciences2149-54592011-12-01102761786136Gender Equality in Labor Markets: A Survey About the Industry and Service Sectors in GaziantepBerna Balcı İzgi0Nalan Işık1Yadigar Polat2???This paper presents the findings of a survey on women labor issues in two different sectors –industry and service sectors- in Gaziantep. The main aim is to modify the structure of women labor in Gaziantep. The main characteristics of women labour market for Gaziantep is that women labor participation is sharply decreased after marriage which is a traditional issue. Inaddition entrepreneurship is very high. Besides working years with insurance is quite low in all levels of education. The promotions system do not change with education. Education is a crucial variable in the analysis. For instance, the positions are not assigned according to the education in most of the times. This creates inefficiency in labor markets. Another important finding that the rate of entrepreneurship is very high related with other cities of Turkey. The topics of wages, working hours, the comparison of the appropriateness of the work according to education, cultural activities, satisfaction, pleasure from working have been considered from the aspect of the relationship between the working life and family life and besides, finance deficiency in entrepreneurship, and sex discrimination not clear are the main problems in different ratios. The work and the education were not found as related. The level of social coverage, trade union membership and salaried work does change with education positivelyhttp://dergipark.gov.tr/jss/issue/24242/256996?publisher=gantepKadın İstihdamı Cinsiyet Ayrımcılığı İmalat Sanayi Hizmetler SektörüWomen EmploymentGender Inequality Industry Sector Service Sector |
| spellingShingle | Berna Balcı İzgi Nalan Işık Yadigar Polat Gender Equality in Labor Markets: A Survey About the Industry and Service Sectors in Gaziantep Gaziantep University Journal of Social Sciences Kadın İstihdamı Cinsiyet Ayrımcılığı İmalat Sanayi Hizmetler Sektörü Women Employment Gender Inequality Industry Sector Service Sector |
| title | Gender Equality in Labor Markets: A Survey About the Industry and Service Sectors in Gaziantep |
| title_full | Gender Equality in Labor Markets: A Survey About the Industry and Service Sectors in Gaziantep |
| title_fullStr | Gender Equality in Labor Markets: A Survey About the Industry and Service Sectors in Gaziantep |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gender Equality in Labor Markets: A Survey About the Industry and Service Sectors in Gaziantep |
| title_short | Gender Equality in Labor Markets: A Survey About the Industry and Service Sectors in Gaziantep |
| title_sort | gender equality in labor markets a survey about the industry and service sectors in gaziantep |
| topic | Kadın İstihdamı Cinsiyet Ayrımcılığı İmalat Sanayi Hizmetler Sektörü Women Employment Gender Inequality Industry Sector Service Sector |
| url | http://dergipark.gov.tr/jss/issue/24242/256996?publisher=gantep |
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