abstract: 'The increasing income inequalities in many societies since the 1980s are

  generally considered within the framework of concepts such as

  globalization, international trade, technological changes, or

  transformations in the distribution of income and wages. However, the

  significant increase in women''s participation in the labor force

  represents another necessary social and economic transformation since

  the 1980s apart from the dramatic increases in inequalities. Some

  qualitative changes have also followed as women become a segment of

  waged labor in increasing numbers: for example, the feminization of the

  labor market The emergence of women as paid labor and the contribution

  of their earnings to family incomes have undoubtedly caused

  transformations in income and wage distribution in many societies. This

  paper begins with this stated perspective to explore the impact women''s

  employment has exerted on income inequalities in Turkey. Two distinct

  inequality measures, the Gini coefficient and the Theil index, are used

  based on a literature study to observe in detail the effects of women''s

  labor force participation on income inequalities. The ARDL Bounds

  Testing methodology is employed with the time-series data (1988-2015) to

  accomplish the stated purpose. The estimation results reveal that the

  labor participation of women has reduced income inequalities in Turkey

  In the long run.'
affiliation: 'Ozalp, LFA (Corresponding Author), Amasya Univ Merzifon, Iktisadi \&
  Idari Bilimler Fak, Iktisat Bolumu, Amasya, Turkey.

  Ozalp, Leyla Firzue Arda, Amasya Univ Merzifon, Iktisadi \& Idari Bilimler Fak,
  Iktisat Bolumu, Amasya, Turkey.'
author: Ozalp, Leyla Firzue Arda
author-email: leyla.ozalp@amasya.edu.tr
author_list:
- family: Ozalp
  given: Leyla Firzue Arda
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.26650/JECS2021-903123
eissn: 2645-8772
files: []
issn: 2602-2656
journal: JOURNAL OF ECONOMY CULTURE AND SOCIETY
keywords: 'Inequality; Gini; Theil; Women''s labor force participation; Feminization

  of labor'
keywords-plus: INCOME INEQUALITY; WIVES EARNINGS
language: Turkish
number: '64'
number-of-cited-references: '25'
pages: 91-104
papis_id: 1052ebe1808cb188f043e25b1af2fd3f
ref: Ozalp2021womenslabor
times-cited: '0'
title: Women's Labor Force Participation and Inequality in Turkey
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000744167400002
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usage-count-since-2013: '10'
web-of-science-categories: Sociology
year: '2021'