Turkey on the fault line: The impact of the earthquake on the labor market

IF 1 4区经济学 Q2 ECONOMICS

Contemporary Economic Policy Pub Date : 2026-07-03 Epub Date: 2025-12-12 DOI:10.1111/coep.70018

Serkan Demirkılıç, Zuhal Özbay Daş, Güney Aydin

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Abstract

We assess the impact of the 2011 earthquakes of eastern Turkey on the labor market and the potential resilience strategy by exploring heterogeneity among subgroups. Our findings indicate a rise in low-skilled employment and an increase in the wage rates for low-skilled women following the earthquake. The instant response to earthquakes varies according to the residents' education level. The manufacturing sector was significant in enhancing the workers' resilience. The results further reveal that the return to the family business may have helped to mitigate the negative economic conditions created by the earthquakes.

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断层线上的土耳其：地震对劳动力市场的影响

我们评估了2011年土耳其东部地震对劳动力市场的影响，并通过探索亚群体之间的异质性来评估潜在的弹性策略。我们的研究结果表明，地震发生后，低技能就业人数增加，低技能妇女的工资水平也有所提高。对地震的即时反应因居民的教育水平而异。制造业在提高工人的适应力方面发挥了重要作用。研究结果进一步表明，家族企业的回归可能有助于缓解地震造成的负面经济状况。

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3.10

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