The Effect of Global Development on the Labour Section and the Position of Turkey's Labour Section in this Process

Abstract

In this study, the effect of global development on labour and position of Turkey’s labour section throughout this process were examined. Primarily, in this study, the effect of global trade policies on the labour section was considered as a centre-neighbour country focus. The heterogenous effects of trade on labour were examined by focusing on the technological changes as well as income differences it creates between workers. The effect of these differences was examined in the scale of Turkey. In the study, the effects of global trade on centre-neighbour countries were considered within the framework of macro economic trends and in theoretical frame of labour’s heterogenous structure. Its effects on labour was discussed. In this sense, it was discussed whether the hypothesis “that the labour is globalized with trade” which was claimed by liberal groups is realistic or not. By focusing on this discussions, the employment structure of Turkey was analysed; it was discussed within the scope of global development.

Keywords: Global Development, Labour Economics, Heterogenous Labour, Turkish Economy, Global Trade, Globalization

JEL Classification: E24, J00, J31, J71