Özet:

The economic structure of societies affects the working hours spent to income. This increase in income in some societies that earn more income with the same working time encourages people to work more, while in some societies it encourages people to work less and increases their free time preferences. The aim of the study is to examine the impact of income changes in the Turkish economy and the economic crises that can also be defined as a sudden decline in the framework on the vacation time preferences of workers, through the sub-sector of the Turkish Manufacturing Industry. The study first explained the concept of free time, then the relationship between income changes and free time was established. The effects of changes in the period 2003-2015 have been econometrically tested by the Panel Data Analysis method. Analysis manufacturing industry sub-sectors are divided into two sections as work-intense and capital-intense sectors. Thus, the income levels of the manufacturing industry workers are divided into the low-income group and the high-income group. According to the results of the analysis, the low-income level (sized sectors) increases the working hours (income impact) while the high-income level (capital-sized sectors) increases the working hours (sized sectors) compared to the increase in income (sized sectors) increases the working hours (sized sectors). According to this, in Turkey, the income influence in the labour-intense sectors; in the capital-intense sectors, the residence influence is valid. Compared to other studies in literature, it is understood that a reason for the differences in free time preferences is also the differences in income levels.