@article{article_1663233, title={The Persistence of Undeclared Employment: Empirical Evidence from Türkiye}, journal={Politik Ekonomik Kuram}, volume={9}, pages={1135–1146}, year={2025}, DOI={10.30586/pek.1663233}, author={Yılmaz, Mustafa}, keywords={Unregistered Employment, Unregistered Economy, Employment}, abstract={Unregistered employment, which is a worldwide economic problem, is also a difficult economic problem for the Türkiye’s economy. When academic studies on informal employment are examined, it is seen that these studies are generally aimed at defining and measuring informal employment in economies or explaining the relationship between informal employment and other macroeconomic data. On the other hand, this study examines whether agriculture-adjusted informal employment is persistent for the Türkiye’s economy by using data from the Turkish Statistical Institute for the period 2010/01-2021/12. To analyze the persistence of informal employment, the Fourier ADF test is used in addition to classical unit root tests. The findings reveal that agriculture-adjusted informal employment in Türkiye is heritable. The study reveals that there have been periodic improvements in the fight against informal employment in Türkiye, but this success is not sustainable without permanent legal regulations and stable policy implementation. As a policy recommendation, the study suggests that structural reforms should be made for Türkiye to achieve lasting success in the field of informal employment and that these reforms should be determined.}, number={3}, publisher={Ahmet Arif EREN}