Discourage in labor market in Turkey, discouraged worker profile and econometric analysis related to discourage

Reflection of country?s labor market is labor force participation rate and unemployment rate. The direction of the relationship between two variables has been effective on both the individual and the household's labor force participation. In terms of economy and the expansion to recession these variables can also vary, therefore it has an effect on labor force participation decisions. During the economic recession, effect of added worker raises the workers participation, decreases effect of offended workers participation. Accordingly, the positive relationship between labor force participation rate and unemployment is defined as added worker effect, negative relationship is defined as discouraged worker effect. Effects of added and discouraged workers provide to determine a country's unemployment rate whether the real unemployment rate or not. During the economic recession effect of added workers the unemployment rate reflected in statistics implies that it is higher than the real unemployment rate; effects of discouraged workers estimates that unemployment rate is lower than the real unemployment. The aim of the study is put forward the term of discouraged worker and examines the concept of effects of discouraged worker and discouraged in Turkey with the approaches that are introduced. Also with the econometric analysis is exposed direction the relationship between Turkey?s labor force participation rate and the unemployment rate and created a profile fort he discouraged worker in Turkey.