Türkiye’de Eğitim Durumlarına Göre Kadın ve Erkek İstihdamı Üzerine Bir Değerlendirme
An Evaluation on Female and Male Employment According to Educational Status in Turkey

Author(s): Turgay Toksoy
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Education, Labor relations, Economic policy, Socio-Economic Research, Sociology of Education
Published by: Özgür Yayın Dağıtım Ltd. Şti.
Keywords: Turkey; employment; educational status; unemployment;
Summary/Abstract: Employment and unemployment, which are in the interest of economics, are among the important macroeconomic indicators. Increasing employment or reducing unemployment is of great importance at the point of increasing economic and social welfare. In terms of countries, employment and unemployment are at the center of social policies. Global crises in recent years have caused policy makers to review their current policies in terms of human resources management. Especially in Turkey, despite the high growth figures achieved in recent years, there is a decrease in employment levels in the opposite direction. In this study conducted for Turkey, an evaluation was made for men and women by classifying the current workforce according to their educational status. Labor force statistics for the years 2014-2022 published by the Turkish Statistical Institute were used. Starting from illiterate individuals as education level, a classification was made towards higher education graduates. As a result of the evaluation, it was seen that the employment level increased as the number of educated individuals increased in Turkey. Higher education graduates take the highest share in employment, followed by high school graduates from vocational schools. At this point, the employment creation of vocational education schools is considered as a situation that should be taken into consideration and emphasized.

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