The Effects of Major Earthquakes on the Labor Market: Evidence from Turkiye

Yazar: Aslı Dolu Hüseyin İkizler
This study centers attention on the impact of earthquakes on the labor market. We try to estimate the impact of two major earthquakes (İzmir and Elazığ) in Turkiye. We consider the earthquake a natural experiment and employ a synthetic control method using the data from TURKSTAT and İŞKUR. The results show that the impact varies based on the labor market structure of the regions. While the earthquake positively affects the labor market of agriculture-oriented regions, it harms the labor market of nonagricultural-oriented regions.