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Structural change and industrial policy in Turkey

Atiyas, İzak and Bakış, Ozan (2015) Structural change and industrial policy in Turkey. Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, 51 (6). pp. 1209-1229. ISSN 1540-496X (Print) 1558-0938 (Online)

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Abstract

We present evidence on structural change in Turkey and provide an overview of the evolution of industrial policy in the past three decades Turkey has experienced substantial growth in labor productivity in the past decade. About two-thirds of the increase in aggregate labor productivity arises from reallocation of employment from low-to high-productivity sectors and one-third from productivity increases within sectors. Decomposition of productivity growth using microdata also reveals an important contribution from reallocation. We also document substantial change in the composition of exports. We argue that structural change was not a direct result of selective industrial policy simply because the incentive system displayed little sectoral selectivity during the period when major structural change took place.
Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: industrial policy; labor productivity; structural change; reallocation; Turkey
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Divisions: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences > Academic programs > Economics
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences > Academic programs > European Studies
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Depositing User: İzak Atiyas
Date Deposited: 12 May 2018 12:25
Last Modified: 26 Apr 2022 09:53
URI: https://research.sabanciuniv.edu/id/eprint/34464

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