THE ANALYSIS OF THE DETERMINANTS OF THE FEMALE LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION IN TRA1 REGION WITH LOGIT MODEL

Since the existence of human being, women have usually constituted the half of the world population. Thus, women, in every period of history, have played as an efficient part in economic and social life as men have done. Therefore, participation of women in economic production is as old human history. However, women’s participation in waged labour force markets started with industrial revolution. The event that affected the women’s participation in labour force more that industry did is the World War II. However, none of these reasons enabling women to participate in labour force markets was able to hinder women’s description as a secondary force. In the current study, it is aimed to examine the factors affecting women’s participation in labour force in TRA1 region (Erzurum, Erzincan, Bayburt). Panel data set for 2005-2015 was used and the factors affecting women’s participation in labour force in TRA1 region were predicted through logit model