Lewis Model, Education and Uncertainties: The Case of Turkey From 1990 to 2014

Abstract

Lewis model is used to analyze economic transformation of countries and to investigate labours movement from traditional sectors to modern sectors. Mechanism of the model designed with no place to uncertainties in the economy and uncertainties in the ecoomy is ignored . at the context of uncertainties, education can protect labours from uncertainties in the economy. In this study , lewis model’s compability to labour market in Turkey and the situation of labour force under uncertainty after the internal migration investigated at the time period between 1990 and 2014. The result of this investigation demonstrated that migrated labours opens to both calcuable and incalcuable uncertainties and economic structure of Turkey is not totally suitable to the Lewis model even though some aspects of the economy is compatible with the Lewis model. Keywords: education, Lewis model, uncertainties