A RESEARCH ON THE IMPACT OF THE EDUCATION LEVEL ON UNEMPLOYMENT IN TURKISH ECONOMY

Abstract

One of the biggest problems of all developed and developing economies is unemployment. New unemployed people joining the economy before employment is provided to the existing unemployed causes permanent the unemployment problem. In the fight against unemployment, each country develops policies according to its own labor market characteristics. In the study, the relationship between the differences in education level and the job type of individuals, searched job, their status in the last job, the job search time and the reasons for leaving the job is analyzed. In this respect, this study aims to identify important issues that policy makers should consider in the fight against unemployment. The results of the study revealed that the higher the education level, the longer the job seeking period of the individuals.