Turkey’s desperate housewives
The size of the labor force is roughly the same in Turkey and South Korea: 25 million. Yet the populations differ enormously, with Turkey’s 73 million to 50 million in South Korea. We have a larger population but a smaller labor force. Why? The female labor force participation (FLFP) rate is around 50 percent in Korea while it is below 30 percent in Turkey. But the FLFP in Turkey is not only lower when compared to South Korea, it is also lower in comparison to many Muslim-majority countries as well, not to speak of Europe. For some reason women in Turkey, unlike their sisters in comparable environments, stay at home.
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