This paper estimates the causal effect of a targeted panic button program – implemented in two Turkish provinces between 2012 and 2016 – on domestic violence against women. Difference-in-differences and synthetic control estimates suggest that the program notably increased physical domestic...

This paper estimates the causal effect of a targeted panic button program-implemented in two Turkish provinces between 2012 and 2016-on domestic violence against women. Diffin- diff and synthetic control estimates suggest that the program notably increased physical domestic violence against...

Purpose: This study aims to analyze the wage differentials of the majors in college education in Turkey, which is a country implementing an ongoing expansion in college education in recent years. Design/methodology/approach: The study implements Mincreian wage regression using ordinary least...

This study aims to analyze the effect of shelters on domestic violence against women and their mental health status by using the variation from the EU-supported project of women shelters to fight domestic violence started in 2012 and implemented in 26 pilot provinces in Turkey. The study uses...

This study estimates the causal effect of a European Union-supported women’s shelter project initiated to combat domestic violence in 2012 in Turkey. The paper employs the difference-in-differences methodology by using the micro-level data sets from the national research on domestic violence...

This paper investigates the mechanisms through which environmental taxes on fossil fuel usage can affect the main macroeconomic variables in the short-run. We concentrate on a particular mechanism: speculative storage. The existence of forward-looking speculators in the model improves the...