International Conference on Eurasian Economies
11-13 October 2012 – Almaty, KAZAKHSTAN
Paper detail
Paper ID : 476
Status : Paper published
Language : Turkish
Topic : Growth and Development
Presenter: Prof. Dr. Zekai Özdemir
Session : 1B Büyüme ve Gelişme I
Employment of Women and Economic Development: An Example of Transition Economies
Kadın İstihdamı ve Ekonomik Kalkınma: Geçiş Ekonomileri Örneği
- Prof. Dr. Zekai Özdemir (Istanbul University, Türkiye)
- Asst. Prof. Dr. İlkay Noyan Yalman (Cumhuriyet University, Türkiye)
- Dr. Seda Bayrakdar (Kırıkkale University, Türkiye)
Abstract
The participation of women in workforce has been accepted as an important factor of sustainable development. Especially in developing countries, the low workforce participation rate of women has been drawn attention, and therefore the importance of the concept in question on development process becomes a current issue. Albeit the importance of women in workforce markets and on development, being accepted of women as “secondary workforce” leads essential problems both economically and socially. With industrialization process, the necessity and wants of women to participate in work life on the one hand and the workforce need of economy on the other hand accelerate the entry of women in workforce market. Previously being employed in the works that do not require talents and skills and afterwards being employed in the more qualified works that require education exhibit the importance of education on women employment. That is, the education of women on development process, participation in workforce and receiving share from growth are important issues which should be interested by every developing countries. In the transition economies which have the status of a developing country, the education and employment of women workforce are important issues to study. In this sense, the women workforce structure in transition economies, as well as the education levels and economic growth rates will be analyzed with the help of statistical tables and the importance of the issue, current problems, solution proposals and policies will be placed in.
JEL codes: O11, O53
Özdemir, Zekai, Noyan Yalman, İlkay, Bayrakdar, Seda (2012). "Employment of Women and Economic Development: An Example of Transition Economies" in Proceedings of International Conference of Eurasian Economies 2012, pp.115-122, Almaty, KAZAKHSTAN.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36880/C03.00476
Session 1B: Büyüme ve Gelişme I
