THE IMPACT OF EXPORT ON EMPLOYMENT: PANEL DATA ANALYSIS FOR REGIONAL BASE IN TURKEY

Abstract

This study examines the impact of export on regional employment in Turkey. To this end, using the annual export and employment figures of Regional Level 2 (Subregions) in Turkey for 2005-2016 period, the study reveals that regional export in Turkey affected the regional employment rate positively. That is, an increase in regional export activity will lead to an increase in regional employment. This finding indicates that developing policies that will help promote the incentives in regional export rate correspondingly results in employment rate. It appears that one of the leading problems in developing countries which have limited resources like Turkey is to see the gravity of the significance of the incentive policies that will promote employment. 

Keywords

• Regional Export,Regional Employment,Panel Data

İHRACATIN İSTİHDAMA ETKİSİ: TÜRKİYE İÇİN BÖLGESEL BAZDA PANEL VERİ ANALİZİ

Abstract

Çalışmada Türkiye’de ihracatın istihdam üzerindeki etkisi bölgesel bazda inceleme konusu yapılmıştır. Bu amaç doğrultusunda Türkiye Düzey 2’de yer alan tüm alt bölgelerin yıllık ihracat ve istihdam verileri 2005-2016 dönemi için kullanılmıştır. İhracatın istihdama etkisi panel veri yöntemi yardımı ile araştırılmıştır. Elde edilen bulgulara göre Türkiye’de bölgesel ihracatın bölgesel istihdamı pozitif etkilediği belirlenmiştir. Dolayısıyla elde edilen bu bulgu, bölgesel ihracat artışının bölgesel istihdamı artıracağı sonucu ortaya koymaktadır. Bu bulgunun önemi istihdamı artırmaya yönelik politikalarda bölgesel ihracatın artırılmasına yönelik teşviklerin istihdamın artışına da etki edeceğinin belirlenmesidir. Nitekim Türkiye gibi kaynakları sınırlı olan gelişmekte olan ülkelerde en önemli sorunlardan biri olan istihdamın artırılmasına yönelik yatırımlarda ihracatı teşvik politikalarının ne denli önemli olduğunu görülmektedir.

Keywords

• Bölgesel İhracat,Bölgesel İstihdam,Panel Veri

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