MESLEKİ AYRIŞMA VE KADININ İŞGÜCÜNE KATILIMI: KUZEY KIBRIS ÖRNEĞİ

Year 2019, Volume: 14 Issue: 1, 1 - 26, 30.04.2019

Demet Beton Kalmaz , Fatma Güven Linsaniler

https://doi.org/10.17550/akademikincelemeler.340291

Cited By: 1

Abstract

Özet

                Kuzey
Kıbrıs emek piyasası üzerine yapılan çalışmalar, toplumsal cinsiyet temelli
mesleki ayrışmayı kadının işgücüne düşük katılımını etkileyen en önemli
sebeplerden biri olarak tespit etmiştir. Bu çalışma 11 yıl içerisinde bu
tespitten yola çıkarak Kuzey Kıbrıs emek piyasasındaki mesleki ayrışmanın
büyüklüğünü, zaman içerisindeki değişimini ve bu değişimin kaynaklarını
araştırmayı amaçlamaktadır.Ayrışma, Hanehalkı İşgücü Anketi verileri
kullanılarak 9 ana mesleki grup için genel, kırsal ve kensel bölgelerde
ölçülmüştür. Çalışma bulguları, tüm bölgelerde toplumsal cinsiyete dayalı
mesleki ayrışmanın yüksek ve yaygın olduğunu göstermiştir. İndeksin
ayrıştırılması artan ayrışmanın temel sebebinin net ayrışmadan, yani bireysel
meslekler içindeki kadın erkek oranında meydana gelen değişmeden,
kaynaklandığını göstermiştir. Yüksek ve yaygın olan mesleki toplumsal cinsiyet
ayrışmasının, emek piyasasının kadın ve erkek meslekleri olarak katmanlaşmasına
sebep olduğu, bunun da  kadının meslek
grupları arasında hareketinin kısıtlanmasına yol açarak  işgücüne katılımını olumsuz etkilediği
sonucuna varılmıştır.

Keywords

mesleki ayrışma, toplumsal cinsiyet

OCCUPATIONAL SEGREGATION AND LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN: CASE OF NORTH CYPRUS

Abstract

Abstract

                Previous studies on North Cyprus labor market argued that occupational
gender segregation is one of the major cause of low female labor force
participation. We aim to shed light on this argument by investigating the
extent, patterns and the sources of occupational gender segregation in North
Cyprus labor market for 11 years (2004-2014). Segregation measured by D-Index for
9 broad occupational categories for total, and across rural and urban regions
employing Household Employment Surveys data. Results show that total
occupational gender segregation is high and persistent in North Cyprus.
Decomposition of the index show that the main reason for the increase in
segregation level is net segregation; the increase in the gender composition of
individual occupations. We conclude that high and persistent occupational
gender segregation leads to the segmentation of labor market as male and female
occupations limiting the mobility of women between occupations affecting
women’s labor force participation negatively. 

Keywords

occupational segregation, gender

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