This paper discusses political and economic aspects of Turkish accession. Under present rules, Turkey would have the … Turkey, particularly in agriculture. The main obstacles to accession are not economic, but political. Historical experience … prevents Turkey from eliminating the decisive political role of the military, giving Kurds and other minorities cultural rights …

Following Turkey’s application for EU membership in 1987, a Customs Union (CU) between Turkey and the EU, mainly … agricultural sector, Turkey also specializes in the production and exportation of relatively low-price, low-quality varieties of … asymmetric changes in the trade volumes of the incumbent countries of the EU as a result of the EU-Turkey CU. By examining …

, Romania, Slovakia and Turkey using the event study approach. Interventions are found to be effective only in the short run … Turkey. Finally, interventions are mostly sterilized in all countries except Croatia. Interventions are not much more …

Turkey triggered by EU-membership; and (iii) migration in response to the free movement of workers. Overall, the … macroeconomic implications for EU countries are small but positive. European exports increase by around 20 percent. Turkey … accession to the internal market and free movement of labour. If Turkey would succeed in reforming its domestic institutions in …

science research in recent years. In this study, we examine whether there is gender gap in voting behavior in Turkey. Using … men and women in Turkey. There are significant differences between the genders, nevertheless. In particular, the effect of …

changes. While employment and welfare increase in most countries, some experience higher unemployment and lower welfare. Labor …

conditions are a major determinant of entrepreneurship. Higher local unemployment rates are found to increase the probability … individuals who are initially not employed respond more to high local unemployment rates by starting businesses than wage … influences resulting in higher levels of business creation. Using the regression estimates for the local unemployment rate …

Efficiency wages theories argue that the threat of firing, coupled with a high unemployment rate, is a mechanism that … discourages employee shirking in asymmetric information contexts. Our empirical analysis aims to verify the role of unemployment …, we investigate the relationship between worker’s absences and local unemployment rate (at the provincial level). We find …

We investigate the relationship between unemployment and growth in China. We find considerable differences in the … find a hump-shaped relationship between unemployment and our proxy for the speed of reform. The current unemployment in …