Income Effect on the Labor Force Participation of Women: The Case of Turkey

Abstract

In this study, factors affecting women's labor force participation decisions are examined using TURKSTAT’s household budget surveys. Logit and probit model estimators obtained on; education level, age, number of babies and household income. As is known from the economic theory, individual preferences between labour force participation and leisure are determined by the income and substitution effect. To estimate the income effect, using "household income" causes the problem of endogeneity in econometrics. In this context, in addition to traditional models, the probit model estimators based on instrumental variable technique are achieved in the study. On the labor force participation of women; while the impact of baby ownership, age and household income are negative, the effect of university graduation is positive.

Keywords

• Probit Regression
• Endogeneity
• Discrete Choice Models
• Labour Force Participation

Kadınların İşgücüne Katılımında Gelir Etkisi: Türkiye Örneği

Abstract

Bu çalışmada, TÜİK hane halkı bütçe anketlerinden yararlanılarak kadınların işgücüne katılımını belirleyen faktörler araştırılmaktadır. Bebek sahipliği, eğitim durumu, yaş ve hane geliri değişkenleri kullanılarak probit model tahmincileri elde edilmektedir. İktisat teorisinden bilindiği gibi, işgücüne katılım-boş zaman arasındaki bireysel tercihler gelir ve ikame etkisi üzerinden belirlenmektedir. Gelir etkisini tahmininde, “toplam hanenin geliri” değişkeninin kullanılması, ekonometrik açıdan içsellik problemine yol açmaktadır. Bu çerçevede çalışmada geleneksel probit modellerine ek olarak, araç değişken tekniği üzerinden kurulan probit modeli tahmincileri elde edilmektedir. Kadınların işgücüne katılımı üzerinde; bebek sahipliği, yaş ve hane gelirin etkisi negatif iken üniversite mezuniyetinin etkisi pozitiftir.

Keywords

• Araç Değişken Yaklaşımı
• Nitel Tercih
• İşgücüne Katılım
• Probit Regresyon
• İçsellik

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