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Turkey on the fault line: The impact of the earthquake on the labor market

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: We assess the impact of the 2011 earthquakes of eastern Turkey on the labor market and the potential resilience strategy by exploring heterogeneity among subgroups. Our findings indicate a rise in low‐skilled employment and an increase in the wage rates for low‐skilled women following the earthquake. The instant response to earthquakes varies according to the residents' education level. The manufacturing sector was significant in enhancing the workers' resilience. The results further reveal that the return to the family business may have helped to mitigate the negative economic conditions created by the earthquakes.

Source: Contemporary Economic Policy

DOI: 10.1111/coep.70018

Authors: Serkan Demirkılıç, Zuhal Özbay Daş, Güney Aydin

Institutions: Nichols College, Fenerbahçe University

Language: English

Topic: Earthquake and Disaster Impact Studies

Subfield: Transportation

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Decent work and economic growth, No poverty, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $2,970