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The Gendered Spillover Effect of Young Children's Health on Human Capital : Evidence from Turkey
Alsan, Marcella - 2017
-five children in Turkey. I find gains in health and human capital among age-eligible children of both sexes. However, educational … mother works outside the home and in the number of young children in the household, and are absent if an elder sister is … present. My results suggest reducing morbidity among preschool children may have the added benefit of improving educational …
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The Intergenerational Consequences of Economic Distress : In-Utero Exposure to Financial Crises and Birth Outcomes
Akbulut-Yuksel, Mevlude; Cilasun, Seyit Mümin; Tekin, Erdal - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
This paper uses the severe economic crisis in Turkey in 2008 as a quasi-experiment to evaluate the impact of worsening … are mainly observed in children born to mothers with low socioeconomic status, suggesting that credit constraints may be a … significant factor in the impact of economic crises on birth outcomes in Turkey. Our study also demonstrates that mothers residing …
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Road Capacity, Domestic Trade and Regional Outcomes
Coşar, A. Kerem; Demir, Banu; Ghose, Devaki; Young, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
existing paved road network is expanded significantly? We investigate this question for the case of Turkey, which undertook a …
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The Crime Effect of Refugees
Akbulut-Yuksel, Mevlude; Mocan, Naci; Tumen, Semih; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We analyze the impact on crime of 3.7 million refugees who entered and stayed in Turkey as a result of the civil war in …
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The Importance of Economic Policy in Development : Contrasts Between Korea and Turkey
Krueger, Anne O. - 1987
In the mid-1950's, Turkey was a much richer country than Korea. With about the same population, Turkish GNP was about …
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Microeconomic Aspects of Productivity Growth under Import Substitution : Turkey
Krueger, Anne O. - 1980
This paper assesses the empirical relevance of "dynamic" factors in industrialization in developing countries. Using data from a sample of 91 firms, rates of growth of output per unit of input are calculated. It is shown that there is little basis, at least with regard to Turkish experience, to...
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Hoarding for Stormy Days - Test of International Reserves Providing Financial Buffer Services
Aizenman, Joshua - 2019
reserves and applies it to 8 of the largest Emerging Markets (BRICS, Indonesia, Mexico, Turkey) during 2000-2019. The efficient …
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A Grant to Every Citizen : Survey Evidence of the Impact of a Direct Government Payment in Israel
Feldman, Naomi - 2020
In early August, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Israel disbursed one-time, universal grants to its citizens, of $220 per adult and $150 per child. Using survey data, we estimate that 25-45 percent either had already mostly spent or were planning to spend the money by year's end and 36-52...
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O-Ring Production Networks
Demir, Banu; Fieler, Ana Cecilia; Xu, Daniel Yi; Yang, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
We study a production network where quality choices are interconnected across firms. High-quality firms are skill intensive and trade more with other high-quality firms. Using data from Turkish firms, we document strong assortative matching of skills in the production network. A firm-specific...
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Government Finance in the Wake of Currency Crises
Burnside, Craig - 2003
recent currency crises: Korea (1997), Mexico (1994) and Turkey (2001) …
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