The role of young employment on the informal economy

Abstract

The informal economy, which emerges from the causes such as economic, political, social and psychological and which is defined as the whole of informal economic activities, has an important place among the economic problems. The relationship between informal economy and the concept of unemployment, which is another important economic problem, is the starting point of the study. Young unemployment is an important part of the concept of unemployment and an important problem in our country. For this reason, the study focuses on the relationship between young employment and informality. One of the important reasons for young unemployment is the lack of quality in young people. "The effects of the education levels of young people on the informal economy" is also take part in the aim of study by acting this hypothesis. In the study, the relationship between informal economy size estimated by the monetary rate method and unemployment rates related to education levels of young people will be assessed for Turkey for 2006: Q1 - 2016: Q2 and political evaluations will be made using the causality and cointegration tests.