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Geographic Proximity, Trade and International Conflict/Cooperation

Robst, John; Polachek, Solomon; Chang, Yuan-Ching - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

This paper examines the interactive effect of distance and trade on international conflict and cooperation. The effect of geographic distance depends on trade, while the effect of trade varies with geographic distance. Trade reduces conflict to a greater extent when dyads are geographically...

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Surviving the Turbulence Is Not Enough: Can Côte d'Ivoire Flourish Again?

Constant, Amelie F.; Tien, Bienvenue N. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

Côte d'Ivoire is the world’s largest producer and exporter of cocoa beans, it accounts for 40% of the WAEMU's output, and 11% of its population are immigrant workers. Any political instability in the country will not only affect the domestic economy, but it will also affect the international...

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Testing an EU-Candidate's Place on the Maps of Global Economic, Political and Social Values: The Case of Turkey

Tausch, Arno; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

measurement scales of global economic, political and social values and to assess Turkey's place on them. Our study, which is based … value development index ranks Morocco twelfth – just behind the USA. Turkey is ranked 25, ahead of several EU member … effective democracy, and there are very large regional differences, confirming the dictum by Huntington (1996) about Turkey as a …

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On the Multivariate Analysis of the "Lisbon Process"

Heshmati, Almas; Tausch, Arno; Bajalan, Chemen S.J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

Starting from Professor Kornai’s assertion about the necessity to focus on the long-term perspectives of the transformation process, we analyze in this paper the Lisbon performance of the countries of the European Union from such a long-term, structural perspective. We present in a simple form...

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What Can We Learn About the Decline in U.S. Union Membership from International Data?

Polachek, Solomon W. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

This paper is composed of two parts. First, using international data, I corroborate that union density in the U.S. declined because of asymmetric growth between the union and nonunion sectors. I show union density to increase in countries experiencing strong manufacturing growth, and to decline...

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Impact of the 1999 Earthquakes on the Outcome of the 2002 Parliamentary Election in Turkey

Akarca, Ali T.; Tansel, Aysit - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

The two major earthquakes which struck northwestern Turkey in 1999, not only caused enormous amounts of death … sensitivity shown by the electorate to real and perceived corruption implies that corruption problem will be tractable in Turkey …

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Public-Private Employment Choice, Wage Differentials and Gender in Turkey

Tansel, Aysit - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

differentials in the public administration, state owned enterprises and the formal private wage sector in Turkey. Selectivity …

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Brain Drain from Turkey: An Investigation of Students’ Return Intentions

Güngör, Nil Demet; Tansel, Aysit - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

The emigration of skilled individuals from Turkey attracted greater media attention and the interest of policymakers in … Turkey, particularly after the experience of recurrent economic crises that have led to an increase in unemployment among the … in the decision to return to Turkey or stay overseas. It is also found that the compulsory service requirement attached …

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Labor Mobility across the Formal/Informal Divide in Turkey: Evidence from Individual Level Data

Tansel, Aysit; Kan, Elif Oznur - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

theoretical and empirical research. Turkey, given its economic and demographic dynamics, provides rich evidence for a growing …, heterogeneous and multifaceted informal labor market. However, the existing evidence on labor informality in Turkey is mixed and …

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Comparative Essay on Returns to Education in Palestine and Turkey

Tansel, Aysit; Daoud, Yousef - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

This study exposes a comparative treatment of the private returns to education in Palestine and Turkey over the period … different sectors of employment. The results suggest that returns to schooling are higher for Turkey at the various levels of … than 2004 levels for all levels of education; the pattern is less obvious for Turkey across the various levels. However …

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