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Determinants of Obesity in Turkey : A Quantile Regression Analysis from a Developing Country

Karaoglan, Deniz - 2017

This study investigates the factors that may influence the obesity in Turkey which is a developing country by … quantiles. This implies that females have higher tendency to be obese in Turkey.Our findings also imply that the positive effect …

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Output-Employment Relationship Across Sectors : A Long- Versus Short-Run Perspective

Sahin, Afsin - 2013

This paper investigates the nature of the output-employment relationship by using the Turkish quarterly data for the period 1988-2008. Even if we fail to find a long-run relationship between aggregate output and total employment, there are long-run relationships for the aggregate output with...

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Defining and Measuring Informality in the Turkish Labor Market

Kan, Elif Oznur - 2014

This paper investigates how informality can be defined and measured in the Turkish labor market. Two alternative definitions of informality are used to explore their relevance and implications for the Turkish labor market using descriptive statistics. They are the enterprise definition and the...

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Birth and Employment Transitions of Women in Turkey : Conflicting or Compatible Roles?

Ozgoren, Ayse - 2018

two-way relationship between women's employment and fertility in Turkey using a hazard approach with piece-wise constant … exponential modelling, using data from the 2008 Turkey Demographic and Health Survey. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this … employment among women in Turkey, with increasing intensities identified among some groups of women. Our findings also cast light …

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The Political Economy of Green Growth : Illustrations from Southern Africa

Tarp, Finn; Resnick, Danielle E.; Thurlow, James - 2014

The concept of ‘green growth’ implies that a wide range of developmental objectives, such as job creation, economic prosperity and poverty alleviation, can be easily reconciled with environmental sustainability. This study, however, argues that rather than being win-win, green growth is...

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Aid and Growth : What Meta-Analysis Reveals

Tarp, Finn - 2014

Some recent literature in the meta-analysis category where results from a range of studies are brought together throws doubt on the ability of foreign aid to foster economic growth and development. This paper assesses what meta-analysis has to say about the effectiveness of foreign aid in terms...

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The Real Exchange Rate, Foreign Aid and Macroeconomic Transmission Mechanisms in Tanzania and Ghana

Jusélius, Katarina - 2014

A recent study of 36 sub-Saharan African countries found a positive impact of aid in the absolute majority of these countries. However, for Tanzania and Ghana, two major aid recipients, aid did not seem to have been equally beneficial. This paper singles out these two countries for a more...

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