Jobs at Risk in Turkey : Identifying the Impact of COVID-19
This paper analyzes to what extent jobs in different sectors of Turkey are vulnerable to the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) crisis considering both effects specific to COVID-19, and sector- and employment-specific vulnerabilities. With this objective,...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2020
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/553971597208649040/Jobs-at-Risk-in-Turkey-Identifying-the-Impact-of-COVID-19 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34360 |
| Summary: | This paper analyzes to what extent jobs
in different sectors of Turkey are vulnerable to the
Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) crisis considering both effects
specific to COVID-19, and sector- and employment-specific
vulnerabilities. With this objective, first, the authors
identify sectors that are most amenable to working from
home. The authors then use this index and other dimensions
of vulnerability to develop an employment vulnerability
index for Turkey. The authors find that only 10 percent of
workers in Turkey can work from home. Employment
vulnerability is highest among textile and apparel,
accommodation and food, and leather sectors; while jobs in
information and communications technology (ICT) and finance
are the least vulnerable. The authors find that overall,
around 7 million workers are at the risk of losing their
jobs due to the economic impacts of COVID-19. |
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