Employment outcomes and asset holdings in prewar Syria and Turkey
. | Prewar Syria . | Turkey . | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
. | Employed . | Wage Worker . | Employed . | Wage Worker . |
A. Employment Outcomes | ||||
Men (aged 18–59) | .818 | .522 | .699 | .618 |
Married men (aged 18–59) | .932 | .581 | .671 | .593 |
Women (aged 18–49) | .163 | .110 | .082 | .069 |
B. Asset Holdings | ||||
Own a house | .779 | .005 | ||
Has a car | .160 | .029 | ||
Has a washing machine | .950 | .845 | ||
Has a dishwasher | .038 | .014 | ||
Has a computer | .138 | .063 |
. | Prewar Syria . | Turkey . | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
. | Employed . | Wage Worker . | Employed . | Wage Worker . |
A. Employment Outcomes | ||||
Men (aged 18–59) | .818 | .522 | .699 | .618 |
Married men (aged 18–59) | .932 | .581 | .671 | .593 |
Women (aged 18–49) | .163 | .110 | .082 | .069 |
B. Asset Holdings | ||||
Own a house | .779 | .005 | ||
Has a car | .160 | .029 | ||
Has a washing machine | .950 | .845 | ||
Has a dishwasher | .038 | .014 | ||
Has a computer | .138 | .063 |
Notes: The prewar Syria data on employment outcomes and for house and car ownership come from the 2009 SFHS; the data on prewar washing machine, dishwasher, and computer ownership come from the 2006 SMICS. The prewar Syria data are weighted by the fraction of Syrians in Turkey who originated from each of 14 Syrian provinces. The data for Turkey come from the 2018 TDHS-S. We impute the fraction employed for the total men sample. The employment data in this sample include only wage employment for the total male sample. However, for married men (partners of the target sample of females aged 15–49), both employment and wage employment data exist. We first calculate the fraction of wage earners among employed married men. Then, assuming that this fraction is the same for married men and all men, we impute the fraction of employed men for the total male sample. Sample weights are used.