Die Türkei spielt als Emigrationsland von Gastarbeitern eine wichtige Rolle für die Bundesrepublik; ein Drittel aller Ausländer in Deutschland sind .Türken, wobei aus den vorgesehenen "Gästen" de facto Einwanderer geworden sind. Der folgende Beitrag möchte Gründe und Ursachen für die...

Starting from a low level in early 2000s, Turkey’s total capital stock has since expanded rapidly, but the composition and quality of investment raises questions. This study focuses on business investment, as the main driver of physical and knowledge-based capital formation and, hence, of...

This paper explores export spillovers that arise from foreign direct investment generated linkages between domestic and foreign firms in Turkish manufacturing industry. By making use of a recent firm level dataset, we investigate how supplying to foreign affiliated firms, as proxied by their...

This study investigates inequality of opportunity in educational achievements in Turkey over time. For this purpose we use test scores of PISA in mathematics, science and reading achievement of 15-year-olds over the period 2003-2012. Since the different waves of the PISA test cover only a...