Jobs at Risk in Turkey: Identifying the Impact of COVID-19

Sirma Demir Seker, Selin Efsan Nas Ozen and Aysenur Acar Erdogan

No 151693, Social Protection Discussion Papers and Notes from The World Bank

Abstract: This paper analyzes to what extent jobs in different sectors of Turkey are vulnerable to theCoronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) crisis considering both effects specific to COVID-19, and sector- and employment-specificvulnerabilities. With this objective, first, the authors identify sectors that are most amenable to working fromhome. The authors then use this index and other dimensions of vulnerability to develop an employment vulnerabilityindex for Turkey. The authors find that only 10 percent of workers in Turkey can work from home. Employmentvulnerability is highest among textile and apparel, accommodation and food, and leather sectors; while jobs ininformation 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.

Keywords: Labor Markets; Rural Labor Markets; Educational Sciences; Food Security (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-07-01
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