Question

What is the importance of "Status in Employment": KILM 3.indicator for countries? For Turkey? Use datas from ILO

Answer 1

Importance of KILM 3. Status in employment for countries including Turkey are:

1) KILM 3. Status in employment, is indicator of employment status that distinguishes between two categories of the total employed - (a) wage and salaried workers (also known as employees); and (b) self-employed workers.

2) This indicator provides information on the workforce distribution by employment status

3) The indicator can tell what proportion of employed persons in a country (a) work for wages or salaries; (b) run their own enterprises, with or without hired labour; or (c) work without pay within the family unit

4) This provides a statistical basis for describing workers’ behaviour and conditions of work, and for defining an individual’s socio-economic group and country's development stage.

A high proportion of wage and salaried workers in a country - advanced economic development.

If the proportion of own-account workers is sizeable- economy is large agriculture sector and have low growth in the formal economy.

Where large shares of workers are contributing family workers - economy is with poor development, little job growth, widespread poverty and a large rural economy.

Between 1990 and 1997, KILM 3 indicator for Turkey is:

1990:

Both Male & Female - Wage & Salried workers (39%); Self-employed workers (30.9%) and contributing family workers (30.1%)

Male - Wage & Salried workers (46.5%); Self-employed workers (40.5%) and contributing family workers (13%)

Female - Wage & Salried workers (21.7%); Self-employed workers (9.1%) and contributing family workers (69.2%)

1996:

Both Male & Female - Wage & Salried workers (41.7%); Self-employed workers (30.2%) and contributing family workers (28.1%)

Male - Wage & Salried workers (48.9%); Self-employed workers (39.4%) and contributing family workers (11.7%)

Female - Wage & Salried workers (24.6%); Self-employed workers (8.4%) and contributing family workers (67%)