Interlinkages between credit, debt and the labour market: evidence from Turkey
基于对土耳其金属行业工人的问卷调查和访谈，研究发现就业和收入的不稳定性增加了工人借贷倾向和债务偿还困难，同时债务作为纪律机制影响了劳资关系。
This article examines workers’ use of credit in the context of a developing country, Turkey, based on empirical material collected through questionnaires and interviews with workers in the metal sector. The results provide evidence of a link between workers’ debt and the type of wage employment in two ways. First, I demonstrate that insecurity of employment and income is important in determining the increased tendency to borrow and increasing the vulnerability of workers to debt service problems. Second, I reveal that debt adds new dimensions to capital labour relations by functioning as a disciplining mechanism.