This paper examines the labor market informality in Turkey at two margins, unregistered
employment and wage underreporting. We first document the stylized facts about the
informal employment and its change over the 15 years from 2004 to 2018. While doing this,
we examine the heterogeneity in the informality across regions, sectors, firm properties and
worker characteristics. Second, we decompose the change in the informality rate into its
components using the Oaxaca-Blinder methodology. We find that the workforce composition …

This paper examines the trends in labor market informality in Turkey at two margins,
unregistered employment and wage underreporting. We first document the stylized facts
about the informal employment and its change over the past 15 years from 2004 to 2018.
While doing this, we examine the heterogeneity in the informality across regions, sectors,
firm properties and worker characteristics. Second, we decompose the change in the
informality rate into its components using the Oaxaca-Blinder methodology. We find that the …