Turkish confection industry in Amsterdam: the rise and fall of a perfectly competitive labour market

Authors
Publication date 1998
Series Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper, 98-044/3
Publisher Amsterdam: Tinbergen Institute
Organisations
  • Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) - Amsterdam School of Economics Research Institute (ASE-RI)
Abstract While the Dutch textile industry declined rapidly, Turkish entrepreneurs created a growing industry for fashion goods with highly flexible demand in an informal sector that was initially tolerated by the autorities and attracted many undocumented immigrants. It led to the unusual spectacle of a labour market visibly in perfect competition; predictions of that model are clearly supported. Crackdown of the authorities led to the demise of the sector: production, capital and labour all proved internationally mobile.

Document type Working paper
Published at http://www.tinbergen.nl/ti-publications/discussion-papers.php?paper=1199
Permalink to this page
Back