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Turkish Voter Response to Government Incompetence and Corruption Related to the 1999 Earthquakes
Akarca, Ali T.; Tansel, Aysit - 2012
The two major earthquakes which struck northwestern Turkey in 1999, caused enormous amounts of death and destruction …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010500202
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The political legacy of entertainment TV
Durante, Ruben; Pinotti, Paolo; Tesei, Andrea - 2015
We investigate the political impact of entertainment television in Italy over the past thirty years by exploiting the staggered introduction of Silvio Berlusconi's commercial TV network, Mediaset, in the early 1980s. We find that individuals in municipalities that had access to Mediaset prior to...
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Political training as a pathway to power: The impact of participation in student union councils on candidate emergence
Lundin, Martin; Nordström Skans, Oskar; Zetterberg, Pär - 2013
We test the hypothesis that political training (experiences of debates, negotiations, coalition-building, etc.) in voluntary associations increases the probability of becoming a candidate in public elections. We apply a regression discontinuity design, comparing bare winners and bare losers in...
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Robotization, internal migration and rural depopulation in Austria
Bekhtiar, Karim - 2022
Internal migration flows from rural to urban areas have greatly contributed to population declines in many rural areas across both Europe and the US. At the same time there is mounting evidence for a tight connection between internal migration and shifts in labor demand, with the latter being...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014278288
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The impact of mass migration of Syrians on the Turkish labor market
Aksu, Ege; Erzan, Refik; Kırdar, Murat Güray - 2018
We estimate the effects of the arrival of 2.5 million Syrian migrants in Turkey by the end of 2015 on the labor market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012060217
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Child growth and refugee status: Evidence from Syrian migrants in Turkey
Demirci, Murat; Foster, Andrew D.; Kirdar, Murat G. - 2022
This study examines disparities in health and nutrition among native and Syrian-refugee children in Turkey. With a view … particular, the Turkey Demographic and Health Survey (TDHS). The TDHS is one of few data sets providing representative data on … mortality between refugee children born in Turkey and native children. However, refugee infants born in Turkey have lower …
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How Berlin attracts the Turkish "New Wave": Comparison of economic and socio-cultural pull factors for highly skilled immigrants
Oğuzhan Okumuş, Mehmet - 2020
This paper investigates the impact of economic and socio-cultural pull factors on migration decisions of graduate students and highly skilled professionals with a specific focus on recent highly skilled Turkish immigration in Berlin. The main hypotheses of this study are that economic factors...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012215453
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The making of a lost generation: Child labor among Syrian refugees in Turkey
Dayıoğlu, Meltem; Kirdar, Murat G.; Koç, İsmet - 2021
labor. In this study, we use a representative dataset on Syrian refugees in Turkey, the largest refugee group in any single … associated with poverty, proficiency in Turkish, living in an industrialized region in Turkey, originating from rural areas in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012628457
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The labor market integration of Syrian refugees in Turkey
Demirci, Murat; Kirdar, Murat G. - 2021
Turkey hosts the largest population of refugees globally; however, we know little about their labor market outcomes at … the national level. We use the 2018 round of the Turkey Demographic and Health Survey, which includes a representative … sample of Syrian refugees in Turkey for the first time, to examine a rich set of labor market outcomes. We find that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013373853
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The mayor effect: Female municipal employment under islamist political rule
Çörekçioğlu, Gözde - 2016
Do religiously conservative governments enact policies that limit opportunities for women? This study addresses this general question in a specific context: whether pro-Islamist politicians' preferences for traditional gender roles translate into discriminatory employment practices in Turkish...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011696310