MIGRATION FROM RURAL TO URBAN AND THE ROLE OF INFORMAL SECTOR FOR ALLEVIATING THE POVERTY: THE CASE STUDY OF TURKEY
MIGRATION FROM RURAL TO URBAN AND THE ROLE OF INFORMAL SECTOR FOR ALLEVIATING THE POVERTY: THE CASE STUDY OF TURKEY

Summary/Abstract: In the developing countries the studies concerning the transfer of labor from rural to urban are in particularly based upon the works of Todaro (1969) and Harris-Todaro (1970). Many of the studies define the informal sector as inactive and inefficient. Therefore a discussion will be carried out to identify whether the informal sector with its role as a stopover place in the passage to the formal sector in probabilistic models of migration is an inactive and inefficient sector or it has a dynamic function in Turkey in respect of the alleviation unemployment and the secured economic development. In this study we analyze whether the informal sector which is seen as an important tool in the fight against poverty in developing countries carries the same importance for Turkish economy will be evaluated. The focus of the analysis will be on those who migrated from rural to urban and the labor markets.

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