CONSIDERING THE INEFFICIENCIES IN LABOR MARKET FOR AN EXPLANATION OF
MIGRATION FACT FROM RURAL TO URBAN AREAS IN TURKEY
CONSIDERING THE INEFFICIENCIES IN LABOR MARKET FOR AN EXPLANATION OF
MIGRATION FACT FROM RURAL TO URBAN AREAS IN TURKEY
Author(s): Sibel CENGIZ, Cem Mehmet BaydurSubject(s): Economy
Published by: Editura Universitaria Craiova
Keywords: Shadow Price; Migration from Rural to Urban; Labor Market
Summary/Abstract: In this study, it is intended to explain determinant points between market price of labor and shadow price of labor and explain migration from rural to urban according to this wage difference. Unemployment or rigidity in urban labor market causes different wage level from equilibrium wage level. This high level wage increases alternative cost of rural against urban and encourages migration from rural to urban. The state of instigating the migration from rural to urban that causing by the increase on wages levels which is in proportion to secession of competition level has been calculated by considering the Turkey example for different sectors. Consequently, it has been determined that the wage level modified according to the distortion in competition is one of the factors effecting the migration to rural to urban.
Journal: Revista tinerilor economişti
- Issue Year: 2009
- Issue No: 13
- Page Range: 113-129
- Page Count: 17
- Language: English