This paper estimates the impact of the extension of compulsory schooling in Turkey from 5 to 8 years on the marriage … and fertility behavior of teenage women in Turkey using the 2008 Turkish Demographic and Health Survey. We find that the …

provided by mothers (or formal institutions) is superior to informal care-arrangements. …

-educated mothers, a result that is robust to a number of different specifications. We find no corresponding heterogeneity relative to … intermediate outcomes such as mothers' subsequent earnÿ­ings, child health, parental fertility, divorce rates, or the mothers …' mental health. Overall the results suggest positive causal interaction effects between mothers' education and the amount of …

accession negotiations with Turkey. Various recent analyses assess the cost of applying the Common Agricultural Policy of the EU … (CAP) to Turkey without taking into account the specific structure of the agricultural sector in Turkey, which would … to Turkey, if Turkey should accede in 2014. The analysis is based on macroeconomic projections from the literature …

East Asian experience as the principal benchmark for comparison, this paper examines whether Turkey is on its way to …

, economic instability in Turkey, prior intentions to stay abroad and work experience in Turkey also increase non-return. Female …

emerging market countries. Underlying this policy exceptionalism were the constraints posed by Turkey's pre-existing policy and …