An Application for the Impact of the Agricultural Labor Force and Employment Structure on the Economic Growth in Turkey
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Published: 28 June 2021

An Application for the Impact of the Agricultural Labor Force and Employment Structure on the Economic Growth in Turkey

Işıl Tellalbaşı Mengüç

PhD. Istanbul/TURKEY

asian institute research, jeb, journal of economics and business, economics journal, accunting journal, business journal, management journal

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10.31014/aior.1992.04.02.363

Pages: 271-276

Keywords: Growth, Labor, Employment, Agricultural Employment, Agricultural Added Value

Abstract

In this research, agricultural employment and labor structure in Turkey between the years 1991-2019 aimed to investigate the impact on economic growth. In this framework, the relationship between agricultural employment (TI), agricultural male employment (TEI) and agricultural value added (TKD) and growth was analyzed using the World Bank Country Report. According to the results obtained in the study, the relationship of all three parameters with GDP is statistically highly significant (p <0.05). However, when the analysis is repeated as year-controlled, the effect of agricultural added value on GDP becomes statistically insignificant (p> 0.05). The regression analysis results showed that only the TI variable, that is, the agricultural employment variable, had a significant effect on growth (p <0.05). Apart from this, there is no statistically significant effect of male employment and agricultural value added parameters on growth in agriculture (p> 0.05). Increased employment in agricultural production in Turkey, has a negative effect on growth. It can be stated that the main reasons for this are that there are not enough agricultural innovations, modernization and technological developments.

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