Is education the panacea for gender inequality in the labor market? : a case study of Turkey

Download

index.pdf

Date

2009

Author

Kahraman, Pınar

Metadata

Show full item record

Item Usage Stats

171
views

58
downloads

The main aim in this study is to criticize the prevalent method of approach of the mainstream economics to women’s problems. The mainstream approach to women’s problems is to emphasize exclusively the significance of education, and participation in work-force, and which defines issues of equality/inequality in terms of economic advantages and externalities. Ensuring gender equality has historically never been the mainspring agenda of governments; and the problems of women have mainly been considered in terms of bringing women into the public sphere. This document examines the situation of women in the Turkish labor market, to see to what extent education helps women exceed their roles of the conventional sexual division of labor in the labor market. The limits of the effect of higher educational degree on the improvement of women’s position within the market mechanism are discussed. We found that despite its importance, education on its own is inadequate to secure gender equality in both private and public sphere.

Subject Keywords

Economics., Labor.

URI

http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12610672/index.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/18616

Collections

Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis

Suggestions

OpenMETU
Core

The causal relationship between energy consumption and economic growth Çevirgen, Banu; Erdil, Erkan; Department of Economics (2008) The causal relationship between energy consumption and economic growth has been a controversial subject of the empirical literature. However, there is no common consensus neither on the existence nor on the direction of the causal relationship between energy consumption and economic growth. The purpose of this study is to investigate the causal relationship between energy consumption and economic growth using a consistent data set. Recently developed Granger causality tests in panel data models are used to ...
Critical realism as a rival methodology for institutional economics Gürpınar, Erkan; Özveren, Eyüp; Department of Economics (2008) The aim of the thesis is to clarify the methodology of the original institutional economics and then to evaluate the current attempts to utilize critical realism as a superior methodology for it. After sketching the historical background of the discussions surrounding methodology of science and 19th century economic methodology, the thesis separately analyses the methodology of institutional economics and critical realist stance in the philosophy of science. A critical discussion of the subject matter reach...
Engendering consumption: commodification of women through print media with specific reference to the turkish case Bağatur, Sine; Yıldırım, Onur; Department of Economics (2007) This thesis aims to investigate women’s double-way relation to consumption, as both consumers and commodities. The major goal of the study is to examine the historical construction of women as pimary consuming class and how this relationship of women to consumption has evolved through time. Moreover, it is claimed that display of women as visual objects of male gaze in visual iconography, ideologies of beauty and body politics on women’s appearances resulted in commodification of women in the modern consume...
The dominance of the dollar and its sustainability in the international monetary system Köse, Tekin; Ege, Aylin; Department of Economics (2008) The aim of this thesis is to analyze and evaluate the dominance of the dollar and its sustainability in the international monetary system in the light of recent literature and relevant statistical data. Considering the determinants of an international currency, this thesis focuses on the linkages of the dominance of the dollar with the challenge of the euro as an alternative international currency, the current account deficit of the U.S. and foreign exchange reserve accumulation and reserve diversification ...
Determinants of current account deficits in industrialized and developing coıuntries: an empirical investigation Kaya Bahçe, Seçil Aysed; Kaya Bahçe, Seçil Aysed; Department of Economics (2005) This study aims to analyze the determinants of the current account deficits for a broad samples of industrial and developing countries for the period 1984-2001. Using a dynamic panel data estimation procedure, we try to unfold the impact of several macro economic and institutional variables on current account deficits. In this context, we also examine the validity of Feldstein Horioka puzzle and its relevance to the current account imbalances. Results show that better governance, a more sophisticated financ...

Citation Formats

P. Kahraman, “ Is education the panacea for gender inequality in the labor market? : a case study of Turkey ,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2009.