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The cohort size-wage relationship in Europe

Roth, Duncan; Moffat, John - European Regional Science Association - 2013

The demographic and education composition of European countries is changing: the population share of young individuals is declining while that of the highly educated is rising. This study estimates the impact of cohort size on wages using data on several European countries to cast light on the...

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The role of Culture on Self-Employment

MARCEN, MIRIAM - European Regional Science Association - 2013

There is an extensive literature examining the determinants of self-employment. These studies have mainly failed to account for the differences in entrepreneurial spirit across countries. This paper explores the role of culture in self-employment by exploiting variation in historical...

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PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE: A LAND-USE AND TRANSPORT INTERACTION MODEL FOR SWITZERLAND

Bodenmann, Balz R.; Sanchez, Breogan; Zeiler, Alexandra; … - European Regional Science Association - 2014

Spatial and transport planners, authorities, real estate developers, investors, re-locating residents and businesses have different questions related to space and transport. These questions may concern specific land parcels, or cover a much larger area such as a city, a region, or even a whole...

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Cohort size and youth unemployment in Europe: a regional analysis

Roth, Duncan; Moffat, John - European Regional Science Association - 2014

Will the projected decline in the youth share of European countries' populations alleviate the currently high levels of youth unemployment in Europe? Economic theory predicts that in the absence of perfectly competitive labour markets, changes in the relative size of age groups will cause...

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Student mobility ? Recruitment to studies and supply of post-graduates in a geographical perspective

Stambøl, Lasse Sigbjørn - European Regional Science Association - 2013

One important incentive for a regional, decentralised university- and college structure is that higher education institutions should supply the local labour markets with sufficient high-educated labour. Local and regional recruitment to studies is expected to increase the probability that...

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Analyzing the determinants of agglomeration for the manufacturing industry in Turkey

Gezici, Ferhan; Yazgı, Burçin; Metin, Sinem - European Regional Science Association - 2013

Turkey. The previous studies on the related topic (Eraydin, 1992; Eraydin, 1999; Dincer et al., 2003; Dogruel, 2006) indicate …

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AGE AND COHORT EFFECTS ON REGIONAL MIGRATION IN TURKEY

VAR, ELIF BERNA; DOKMECI, VEDIA - European Regional Science Association - 2013

This article investigates current age cohort effects on regional migration in Turkey and compares the results of this … countries for years whereas it is more recent subject in developing countries like Turkey. The waste amount of migration from … economically backward east and southeastern regions of Turkey has been continuing during the half-century with a decreasing degree …

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Regional development goals and distributive politics in the allocation of Turkey?s central investments: socioeconomic criteria, parties and legislators? personal networks

Luca, Davide - European Regional Science Association - 2013

of public resources aimed at reducing interregional imbalances ? namely fixed capital investments ? in Turkey, a fast …-growing, Mediterranean country currently candidate to EU accession. As early as 1963 Turkey established an ad-hoc institution and a specific … to Turkey?s 81 provinces over 2002-2011. If the effects of special interest politics and interest groups on policy …

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The Evaluation of Energy Efficiency in Turkey

OGUZTIMUR, SENAY - European Regional Science Association - 2013

. Turkey enjoys strategic importance with its geopolitical location, as an intersection point between the Asian and European … are expected to rise rapidly due to rising energy demand driven by Turkey?s rapid economic growth, industrialization … terms of efficiency on both the supply side and demand side, Turkey may face an energy deficit in the near future. So as to …

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ANALYZING THE SPATIAL STRUCTURE OF TURKEY?S SECTORAL AND REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT

Akcagun, Pelin; Ocal, Nadir; Yildirim, Julide - European Regional Science Association - 2013

services sectors in Turkey during 2004-2011. After performing a standard seemingly unrelated regression (SUR) model for the … agriculture sector has important characteristics in explaining the development path of the regions in Turkey. …

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