Turkey is recovering from its most severe recession in several decades. The massive contraction in GDP is largely explained by the unprecedented collapse in foreign demand, which was aggravated in Turkey by negative confidence effects and structural problems with competitiveness prior to the...

This article challenges the assumption that the factors associated with the self-employment choices of women differ from those of men; specifically, we test the extent to which women are influenced by standard economic factors compared with family and social issues. We find that economic factors...

Mit einer Zunahme des realen Bruttoinlandsprodukts um 0,3% blieb die konjunkturelle Entwicklung in Italien 2003 beträchtlich hinter den Erwartungen zurück. Die Arbeitslosenquote sank im Jahresdurchschnitt auf 8,7%. Die Teuerungsrate erreichte 2,8%. 2004 wird das reale Bruttoinlandsprodukt...