TÜRKİYE İŞGÜCÜ PİYASASINDA EĞİTİMİN ROLÜ: TALEP YÖNLÜ YAKLAŞIM

THE ROLE OF EDUCATION IN LABOR MARKETS IN TURKEY: A LABOR DEMAND - SIDE APPROACH

One of the basic criterions by evaluating the qualitative dimension of labor market analyses is the educational attainment. Labor inputs of manufacturing system are built by the outputs of education system. Thus, it is the education system which determines the qualitative and quantitative accordance of labor supply and demand to manufacturing system. From this aspect, the analysis of the role of education in labor markets is critically important.The researches concerning the effects of education on employability in terms of labor demand - side approach are very limited in Turkey. In other words, how to measure the effects of education on labor markets has been a weak point of education - labor market relations literature. So, this study aims to fill in the gap in this field. Therefore, the properties that are expected by the administrative officers in hiring and promoting processes, whether the status of educational level is a distinct preference reason have been analyzed in “Turkey’s Top 500 Industrial Enterprises” Survey (2006). In this research, as collecting data instruments, a survey sheet which is composed of two parts has been built up and these sheets have been executed to administrative officers by direct conversation method.The conclusions of this research show that, the detailed studies concerning Turkey labor market could lead outstanding findings. Looking over the behaviors of labor demand - side in a macro - level would bring new insights to battle against unemployment, which is one of the most significant socio -economical problems of Turkey.