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Women's Income-Generating Activities In Turkey, Nihan Kayaardi
Women's Income-Generating Activities In Turkey, Nihan Kayaardi
Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA
Home working has recently reemerged in both less-developed and developed countries. It is observed in both unskilled and highly skilled work. In general, there are no estimates of the number of women who bring work into their homes. Home working is part of the informal economy that is disguised and shadowed in the economy. Most of this type of employment is hidden in official statistics. In Turkey, for example the female informal labor force is about 68% (Kumbetoglu, 1993). Most of the work done by the women is piecework, and their earnings depend on the piece-rate.
This thesis utilizes existing …