International Congress on Eurasian Economies

International Conference on Eurasian Economies

11-13 October 2012 – Almaty, KAZAKHSTAN

Paper detail

Paper ID : 546
Status : Paper published
Language : Turkish
Topic : Growth and Development
Presenter: Asst. Prof. Dr. Müjgan Hacıoğlu Deniz
Session : 1B Büyüme ve Gelişme I

Economic Evaluation of Women Employment in the Context of Development Index According to Gender: Case of Turkey
Cinsiyete Göre Gelişme Endeksi Çerçevesinde Kadın İstihdamının Ekonomik Değerlendirmesi: Türkiye Örneği

Abstract

In this study which aims to analyse the current situation of women employment in Turkey and its future perspective in the context of measurement of development index, an evalution of Turkey’s position at the range of global gender inequality and improvement policies considering future have been discussed. For this purpose in the context of development index based on gender, some important parameters such as wage differentials according to gender, employment participation rate according to gender, rate of women professionals at managerial position and income distributions according to gender were tried to be measured by means of basic indicators such as rate of literacy, rate of people getting higher education, representation rate at parliaments according to gender and life expectancy.

JEL codes: J16, I21

Hacıoğlu Deniz, Müjgan, Haykır Hobikoğlu, Elif (2012). "Economic Evaluation of Women Employment in the Context of Development Index According to Gender: Case of Turkey" in Proceedings of International Conference of Eurasian Economies 2012, pp.123-130, Almaty, KAZAKHSTAN.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.36880/C03.00546

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Session 1B: Büyüme ve Gelişme I

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