Labor Market Gender Gaps in Türkiye: A Bird’s Eye View
IMF Working Papers, August 9, 2024
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- Authors: Silvia Domit, Damla Kesimal
- Published: August 9, 2024
- Series: IMF Working Papers
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400287022.001
Main findings
- Despite recent improvements, Türkiye’s low female labor force participation and high share of informal female workers stand out internationally.
- Closing these gender gaps would boost medium-term growth and make it more inclusive.
- The paper places Türkiye’s gender gaps in an international context, explores their interlinkages with fiscal policies, and identifies policy priorities.
Analysis themes
- International context: comparison of Türkiye’s female labor force participation and informality metrics with international peers.
- Fiscal interlinkages: examination of how fiscal policies interact with labor market gender gaps.
- Growth implications: assessment that reducing gender gaps would support medium-term growth and inclusivity.
Policy priorities (as identified in the paper)
- Target policies to raise female labor force participation.
- Address high informality among female workers.
- Align fiscal and expenditure policies to support gender-inclusive labor market outcomes.
- Consider gender budgeting and tax policy measures as part of an integrated policy mix.
Keywords and subject areas
- Subject: Expenditure, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender inequality, Labor, Labor markets, Women
- Keywords: C. labor force participation gender gap, expenditure policy, female labor force participation, gender budgeting, Gender diversity, gender gaps, Gender inequality, IMF staff calculation, informality, labor market gender gaps, Labor markets, policy priority, tax policy, Türkiye, Women
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