Minimum Wage Effects under Informality: Evidence from Turkey
Yıl: 2021 Cilt: 35 Sayı: 2 Sayfa Aralığı: 98 - 136 Metin Dili: İngilizce DOI: 10.21773/boun.35.2.1 İndeks Tarihi: 16-08-2022
Minimum Wage Effects under Informality: Evidence from Turkey
Öz: This paper studies the wage and employment effects of the minimum wage under the presence of high informality in the labour market. The paper assesses several minimum wage incidence parameters, and analysis suggests that the choice of the minimum wage incidence parameter significantly affects the results. For assessing the credibility of different measures, the study proposes a novel approach for the minimum wage incidence, which differentiates the effects on formal and informal workers. Results suggest that minimum wage leads to an increase in formal wages, but there exists weaker evidence for a significant effect on informal market wages. There is no adverse effect of the minimum wage on total employment, but there is a transition from formal employment to informal employment. However, the increase in informal employment is partly due to increased labour force participation. Both the wage and employment effects are stronger for women, as they get paid less than men. Although the minimum wage is set for a calendar month, there exist no significant changes in the working hours of formal and informal workers.
Anahtar Kelime: Kayıt Dışılık Altında Asgari Ücretin Etkileri: Türkiye Örneği
Öz: Bu makale, kayıt dışılığın yüksek olduğu işgücü piyasalarında, asgari ücretin, ücretler ve istihdam üzerindeki etkilerini incelemektedir. Makale, birden çok asgari ücret ölçüm parametresini test etmekte ve asgari ücretin etkisini ölçmek için kullanılan parametre seçiminin, sonuçları önemli ölçüde etkilediğini göstermektedir. Çalışma, farklı ölçütlerin güvenilirliğini değerlendirmek amacıyla asgari ücret ölçüm parametresini kayıtlı ve kayıt dışı çalışanlar için farklılaştıran yeni bir yaklaşım önermektedir. Sonuçlar, asgari ücretin, kayıtlı çalışan ücretlerinde artışa yol açtığını göstermektedir. Ancak, kayıt dışı çalışanların ücretlerinin arttığına dair daha zayıf kanıtlar sunmaktadır. Asgari ücret artışları toplam istihdam üzerinde olumsuz bir etki yapmamakta, kayıtlı istihdamdan kayıt dışı istihdama geçişe neden olmaktadır. Ancak, kayıt dışı istihdamdaki artış kısmen artan işgücüne katılımdan kaynaklanmaktadır. Erkeklere göre daha az ücret aldıkları için hem ücret hem de istihdam etkileri kadınlar için daha güçlüdür. Asgari ücret aylık olarak belirlenmesine rağmen, kayıtlı ve kayıt dışı çalışanların çalışma saatlerinde asgari ücret artışı kaynaklı bir değişiklik gözlenmemektedir.
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