COVID-19 SALGINI VE TÜRKİYE İMALAT SANAYİ FİRMALARI

Year 2022, Issue: 4, 585 - 596, 26.10.2022

Aslıhan Atabek Demirhan

https://doi.org/10.51551/verimlilik.1029984

Abstract

Amaç: COVID-19 salgınının yayılmasını önlemek amacıyla küresel ölçekte alınan benzer tedbirler arz ve talepte belirgin bozulmalara; belirsizlikte artışa neden olmuştur. Salgın şoku birçok firmanın yeni iş kararları almasını zorunlu hale getirmiştir. Bu çalışmanın amacı verimlilik seviyesine göre firmaların salgına karşı aldıkları üretim, istihdam ve politika kararları farkılılaşmalarını incelemektir.

Yöntem: Bu amaçla, Türkiye imalat sanayi için temsil gücü yüksek 1207 firmaya ait anket cevapları, salgın öncesi eğilim anketi cevapları ve idari kayıtlarla birleştirilerek elde edilen veri seti kullanılmıştır.

Bulgular: Tahmin sonuçları, Türk imalat sektöründe faaliyet gösteren firmalardan verimli olanların ilk aşamada pandeminin yıkıcı ekonomik etkisine karşı daha sağlam bir duruş sergilediğini gösteriyor. Verimli firmaların üretime devam etme olasılıkları daha yüksek, istihdamı azaltma ve devlet desteklerinden yararlanma olasılıklarının daha düşük olduğu gözlenmektedir.

Özgünlük: Bu çalışma, COVID-19 salgını ve salgına karşı uygulanan politikaların Türkiye imalat sanayi firmaları üzerindeki etkilerini araştırmayı sağlayan benzersiz temsil gücü yüksek firma düzeyinde veri seti kullanmaktadır. Bu, gelişmekte olan büyük bir ülke olan Türkiye hakkında yeni kanıtlar sağlayarak COVID-19'un imalat firmaları üzerindeki etkisine ilişkin mevcut dar ampirik literatüre katkıda bulunacaktır.

Keywords

COVID-19 Şoku, Firmalar, Verimlilik, İmalat Sanayi, Türkiye

COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND TURKISH MANUFACTURING FIRMS

Abstract

Purpose: Globally taken similar measures to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic caused disruptions in the supply and demand schedules and increase in uncertainty. The shock of this pandemic has forced many firms to take new actions and make new business decisions. The aim of this study is to examine the heterogeneity of the production, employment and policy decisions taken by the firms against the pandemic across productivity distribution.

Methdology: For this purpose, pandemic specific survey responses of a representative panel of 1207 Turkish manufacturing firms matched with pre-pandemic tendency survey responses and administrative data and cross sectional models are employed.

Findings: Estimation results show that productive firms of the Turkish manufacturing sector have taken firmer stance against the devastating economic impact of the pandemic at the initial wave. They are more likely to continue the production and less likely to reduce the employment and to benefit from government supports.

Originality: This study uses unique firm-level dataset that enable to investigate the effects of the pandemic and mitigation policies on firms using representative survey data for Turkish manufacturing sector. This will contribute to the existing narrow empirical literature on the impact of COVID-19 on manufacturing firms by providing new evidence on a large developing country, Türkiye, based on representative firm-level dataset.

Keywords

COVID-19 Shock, Firms, Productivity, Manufacturing Sector, Türkiye

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