The effect of international trade on wages in Turkey: An empirical analysis for the manufacturing industry

NARİN EMİRHAN P., KONYALI G.

IKTISAT ISLETME VE FINANS, cilt.25, sa.288, ss.29-50, 2010 (SSCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 25 Sayı: 288
  • Basım Tarihi: 2010
  • Doi Numarası: 10.3848/iif.2010.288.0360
  • Dergi Adı: IKTISAT ISLETME VE FINANS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.29-50
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Openness, exports, imports, wages, DEVELOPING-COUNTRIES, RELATIVE WAGES, LIBERALIZATION, INEQUALITY, EMPLOYMENT, IMPACT, TECHNOLOGY, OPENNESS, MEXICO
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The effect of international trade on wages in Turkey: An empirical analysis for tire manufacturing industry The aim of this study is to analyze the relationship between international trade and wages in Turkey by using 1983-2000 Annual Surveys of Manufacturing Industry In the study, sector level data ore used and manufacturing industry, is divided into traded and nontraded goods industries, and technology intensive and low technology industries subgroups. It is found that there is a negative relationship between average wages and trade, openness and exports; and a positive relationship between imports and wages only for traded goods and technology, intensive industries. These results show that productivity effects of international trade is weak for Turkish manufacturing industries.