Infant mortality rates drastically declined in Turkey during the last two decades but there are still wide variations within the country. For example, the infant mortality rate in the East region is twice as high as the West-South region average. This paper investigates the socioeconomic and...

This research provides a comparative analysis on the correlates of school attainment between Turkish and Maltese people. In the analysis, school attainment is measured by years of education. Tobit model estimates are obtained in the analyses using Eurobarometer 2004.1 data set. The results of...

Kişilerin vergiye karşı davranışlarını inceleyen standard beklenen fayda teorileri kişilerin neden vergi kaçır(ma)dıklarını ya da neden bu kadar çok vergi ödemeyi seçtiğini açıklayamamaktadır. Bu nedenle araştırmacılar vergiden kaçınmayı açıklayan modellere ahlaki...

Yoksulluk, tum dunyada oldugu gibi Turkiye’de de goz ardi edilemeyecek sosyolojik bir gercektir ve acilen cozumlenmesi gereken birinci sorun haline gelmistir. Bu calismanin amaci, Turkiye geneli, kentsel ve kirsal kesim icin hanehalki yoksulluk duzeyini belirleyen unsurlari analiz etmektir....

Tesvikler, uzun sureden beri gelismis ve gelismekte olan ulkelerde ulkenin refahini arttirmak ve bolgesel dengesizlikleri ortadan kaldirmak icin hukumetler ve karar alicilar tarafindan izlenen ekonomik politika araclarindandir. Devlet, tesvikler sayesinde kendi butcesiyle yatirim yapamadigi...

In this study, we provide both a descriptive analysis and ordered probit analysis of the self-reported health status for adult men and women in Turkey. Self -reported health is considered to be a reliable measure of adult health status and comparable to the clinical measures of health status. We...

After Old Institutional economics lost its dominance after the 2nd World War, it entered a new revival period; the beginning of this period was marked with Oliver Williamson’s (1975) use of “New Institutional Economics” (NIE) as a new term in his studies. New Institutional Economics...

When examined in isolation, the 2002-2007 period in Turkey stands out as a high growth period. However, the relative performance of Turkey in this period is weaker compared to China. The service sector in Turkey had the lowest labor productivity growth rate. Counterfactual experiments based on a...

Finance and financial markets were at the heart of the global economic crisis that began in August 2007. 2010 has seen the transformation of the global financial crisis into a sovereign debt crisis in the Eurozone. Starting from Greece, the debt crisis has put intense pressure on the bonds of...