This is the first study on the impact of privatization on dismissed workers in Turkey.
Dismissed workers in the cement and petrochemicals sectors are interviewed about their pre-
and post-dismissal labor market experiences: The results of the interviews are summarized
in this paper. One of the main conclusions is that there were significant earnings loses.
Second. welfare losses were higher than those indicated by the earnings losses since the
post-dismissal jobs lacked formal arrangements and social benefits: This implies that for …