Unskilled urban migrant women and disguised employment: Home-working women in Istanbul, Turkey

Unskilled urban migrant women and disguised employment: Home-working women in Istanbul, Turkey

Formal and informal labor market opportunities for women are examined for Turkey. Data collected from three surveys are used to describe types of home work and hourly wages are imputed for home work to compare with formal sector wages. The number of migrant women who take home work in the city of Is...

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Veröffentlicht in:World development 1994-03, Vol.22 (3), p.369-380
1. Verfasser: Cinar, E.Mine
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Employment
Employment opportunities
Factories
Garment Industry
Home Workplaces
Informal
Istanbul, Turkey
Labor economics
Labour market
LDCs
Migrant workers
Migration
Rural-urban migration
Studies
Turkey
Unskilled workers
Women
Women workers
Work at home
Working Women
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Zusammenfassung:Formal and informal labor market opportunities for women are examined for Turkey. Data collected from three surveys are used to describe types of home work and hourly wages are imputed for home work to compare with formal sector wages. The number of migrant women who take home work in the city of Istanbul is estimated.
ISSN:0305-750X
1873-5991
DOI:10.1016/0305-750X(94)90128-7