Part-time employment in turkey: An empirical analysis

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of personal, household and regional characteristics on likelihood of being part-time employed at Turkish labour market using the individual data obtained from the household labour force surveys of 2006-2008. The data are analyzed using both probit and logit models. The results indicate that urban residing individuals are less likely to be part-time employed compared to rural residing ones, and females are more likely to be part-time employed than males. In addition, being married increases the likelihood of being part-time employed for females, while it declines the likelihood of being part-time employed for males, and increase in education level seem to decline the probability of being part-time employed for both genders. Furthermore, regardless gender, having more children in a household increases the probability of part-time employment. © Serap Palaz, H. Mehmet Tasci, Burak Darici, 2013.