Determining the factors that affect the labor force in Turkey

The importance of production for the continuity of living and labor force for the continuity of productivity is a factor that cannot be ignored. The effective use of labor force is in interaction with the production efficiency achieved country wide. There are various factors affecting the employment of labor force. Determining these factors is quite important in terms of providing top-level productivity from labor force, in other words, the appropriate usage of characteristics of labor force.This study aims to determine the factors that affect the three dimensions of employment in Turkey by using Household Labor Force Survey arranged by Turkish Statistics Institution in 2009. To this end, , working hours performed in Turkey were divided into three categories as less than normal hours, normal hours and over normal hours, firstly. The factors affect working in these working hour categories are analyzed by multinomial probit model. Then, two different kinds of employment even included in less than normal hours category: underemployment and part time work are analyzed by binary logit model. Determinants of topics analyzed are tried to be explained using demographic factors, household characteristics and job features.