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Air Pollution and Infant Mortality : Evidence from the Expansion of Natural Gas Infrastructure
Cesur, Resul - 2013
fuel on infant mortality in Turkey, using variation across provinces and over time in the intensity of natural gas …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013087782
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Does Secular Education Impact Religiosity, Electoral Participation and the Propensity to Vote for Islamic Parties? Evidence from an Education Reform in a Muslim Country
Cesur, Resul - 2013
Turkey, which is a predominantly Muslim country, enacted an education law in 1997 which increased the compulsory …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013071303
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Better Luck Next Time : Learning Through Retaking
Frisancho, Verónica - 2013
disadvantages on educational outcomes. Using administrative data on the university entrance exam in Turkey we estimate cumulative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013072580
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Women's Education : Harbinger of Another Spring? Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Turkey
Dinçer, Mehmet Alper - 2013
We use the 1997 Education Law in Turkey that increased compulsory formal schooling from five to eight years to study …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013073562
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Trade, Merchants, and the Lost Cities of the Bronze Age
Barjamovic, Gojko - 2017
We analyze a large dataset of commercial records produced by Assyrian merchants in the 19th Century BCE. Using the information collected from these records, we estimate a structural gravity model of long-distance trade in the Bronze Age. We use our structural gravity model to locate lost ancient...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012944150
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Government Finance in the Wake of Currency Crises
Burnside, A. Craig - 2010
recent currency crises: Korea (1997), Mexico (1994) and Turkey (2001) …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012762806
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Premature Liberalization, Incomplete Stabilization : The Ozal Decade in Turkey
Rodrik, Dani - 2010
In late 1979, Turkey stood in the throes of a foreign exchange crisis, with widespread shortages, negative growth, and … inflation into triple digits. A decade later, Turkey has a comfortable balance-of-payments situation, and sits atop considerable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012763532
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012869225
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Preferences, Selection, and Value Added : A Structural Approach
Akyol, Saziye - 2014
This paper investigates two main questions: i) What do applicants take into consideration when choosing a high school? ii) To what extent do schools contribute to their students' academic success? To answer these questions, we model students' preferences and derive demand for each school by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013056203
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The Value of Socialized Medicine : The Impact of Universal Primary Healthcare Provision on Mortality Rates in Turkey
Cesur, Resul - 2015
measured by age-specific mortality rates, focusing on a nationwide socialized medicine program implemented in Turkey. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013016645