we investigate whether this gap is rooted in students' misperception of their own and other's ability, thereby increasing … the expected costs to studying. Among high school pupils, we find that pupils with a more positive view of their academic … and students' characteristics. University students are also poor at estimating their own test-performance and over …

students are less generous than other students. We address this question using administrative data on donations to social … programs by students at the University of Washington. Our data set allows us to track student donations and economics training … likely to donate than other students and that there is an indoctrination effect for non-majors but not for majors. Women …

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 … Turkish students residing abroad. The findings of this study indicate that, as expected, higher salaries offered in the host …

by using a unique data set from a private university in Turkey. We assembled data set by matching college students …

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

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 …

We assess the causal effect of private tutoring on the probability of university placement in Turkey. We find that …

duration aspect of unemployment in a developing country, Turkey. We analyze the determinants of the probability of leaving … nature of unemployment in Turkey exhibits similarities to the unemployment in both the developed and the developing countries. …

unemployment in Turkey. We use the results of the Household Labor Force Surveys of 2000 and 2001 to construct a cross-section of …

level data for Turkey. The main findings indicate that female education positively and significantly affects the steady …