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Structural Transformation, Culture, And Women’S Labor Force Participation In Turkey, Yasemin Dildar
Structural Transformation, Culture, And Women’S Labor Force Participation In Turkey, Yasemin Dildar
Doctoral Dissertations
Turkey has experienced important structural and social changes that would be expected to facilitate women’s participation in market work. Social attitudes toward working women have changed in recent years; women are becoming more educated; they are getting married at a later age; and fertility rates are declining. Despite these factors, women’s labor force participation rates are very low in comparison to the countries at a similar development stage. This dissertation analyzes the underlying causes of low female labor force participation in Turkey. In addition to a background chapter (Chapter 2) analyzing structural transformation and employment generation patterns, the dissertation has …
Culture, Inequality, And Health: Evidence From The Midus And Midja Comparison, Jiyoung Park, Carol Ryff, Yuri Miyamoto, Jennifer Boylan, Christopher Coe, Mayumi Karasawa, Norito Kawakami, Chiemi Kan, Gayle Love, Cynthia Levine, Hazel Markus, Shinobu Kitayama
Culture, Inequality, And Health: Evidence From The Midus And Midja Comparison, Jiyoung Park, Carol Ryff, Yuri Miyamoto, Jennifer Boylan, Christopher Coe, Mayumi Karasawa, Norito Kawakami, Chiemi Kan, Gayle Love, Cynthia Levine, Hazel Markus, Shinobu Kitayama
Psychological and Brain Sciences Faculty Publication Series
This article seeks to forge scientific connections between three overarching themes (culture, inequality, health). Although the influence of cultural context on human experience has gained notable research prominence, it has rarely embraced another large arena of science focused on the influence social hierarchies have on how well and how long people live. That literature is increasingly focused psychosocial factors, working interactively with biological and brain-based mechanisms, to account for why those with low socioeconomic standing have poorer health. Our central question is whether and how these processes might vary by cultural context. We draw on emerging findings from two parallel …