Abstract:

In Turkey, the share of women labor force participation rate and share of women in employment is very low compared with OECD and EU countries. In addition, an important part of the female labor force in Turkey is employed at agricultural sector and women have an important role at agricultural sector for a long time. Women are usually not paid any wages for traditional rural activities and these activities are accepted as a way of life, not business.In this study, taking account of period 2004–2011 using the Household Labour Force Survey. Women's employment at agriculture regions on the basis of being registered and unregistered status of the social security institutions are analyzed according to Nuts 2. As a result of the analysis, by year decline is observed in TR10, TR52, TRA1 ve TRC3 regions, an increase is observed in TR22, TR31, TR32, TR33, TR41,TR42, TR51, TR61, TR62, TR63, TR71, TR72, TR81, TR82, TR83, TR90, TRA2, TRB1, TRC1, TRC2 regions. Changes are not observed in TR21 and TRB2 regions

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