Labor force participation rate and economic growth: observations for Turkey
Universal Journal of Management and Social Sciences, vol.4, no.4, pp.46-54, 2004 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 4 Issue: 4
- Publication Date: 2004
- Journal Name: Universal Journal of Management and Social Sciences
- Page Numbers: pp.46-54
- Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
- Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
Although some discussions about the relation between population and the economic growth are made
for a long time, today there is a general opinion that the population growth has positive relation with
the economic growth. This opinion is also supported by the empirical studies. Despite there is a growth
directly advancing with the population growth, the advancing of the population in the opposite direction
with the rate of the labor force participation is thought to be a paradox. This paradox reveals some
concepts, namely, "jobless growth" and " unskilled growth". In this study, an explanation is sought
about the remaining or less increasing of the rate of the labor force participation although a linear
relation between the GDP and the population and the labor. The official statements refer that this
paradox is related with the lack of female participation in the labor force and employment in the
agricultural sector to be falling. This study tries to point that this quantity cannot create a quality
although the growth is quantitative.