One of the most important economic and social problems of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is the high rate of unemployment. Unemployment in the selected MENA countries like Egypt Israel Jordan and Turkey are examined as well as the relationship between growth and unemployment. For this reason active labor market policies should be designed to address job creation in addition to structural reform in labor markets.

Bu çalışmamız, performansa dayalı.ücret uygulamaları hakkındadır. Bu çalışmamızda, bireysel performansa dayalı ücretin. Türkiye' de nasıl uygulandığı araştırılmıştır. Bu araştırma kapsamında, performansa dayalı ücret sistemini uygulayan ve özel sektörde faaliyet gösteren 4 firma incelenmiştir, inceleme yapılan firmaların insan kaynaklan departmanlarında görev alan ilgili sorumlularıyla karşılıklı olarak ya da telefon ile yapılan görüşmelerde veya fax, internet gibi iletişim araçlarıyla yapılan ...

Currency crises have become a serious threat for developing countries especially since the financial deregulation process and the collapse of the Bretton Woods system. In the past two decades Turkey has experienced two major currency crises. This study aims to predict the determinants of currency crises in Turkey by using an ordered probit model. According to the results short-term debt/GDP real exchange rate deposit interest rates foreign exchange reserves/imports and credit/deposit variables are ...

Çalışma dört ana başlıkta toplanmaktadır. Birinci bölümde doğrudan yabancı sermaye yatırımlarına ilişkin kavramsal çerçeve ve dünyadaki gelişimi, İkinci bölümde Türkiye'deki doğrudan yabancı sermaye yatırımın gelişimi ve mevcut durumu, Üçüncü bölümde ortak girişim tanımı, türleri, oluşturma nedenleri, avantaj ve dezavantajları, dördüncü bölümde ise inşaat malzemeleri sektörünün dünyadaki ve Türkiye'deki durumu ayrıca bir uygulama örneği incelenmiştir.

This paper provides a comprehensive and disaggregated set of elasticity estimates to date in the face of MFA abolishment. The estimates made here are at a detailed level of disaggregation and should provide researchers with opportunities for future analysis. We used the gravity model to estimate the trade elasticity of China's apparel cottons in the US market for the period between 1989 and 2009. From the gravity model two phenomena are observed. First there exists a unique long-run equilibrium ...

This article explores how foreign direct investment (FDI) and other determinants impact income inequality in Turkey in the short- and long-run. We apply the nonlinear auto-regressive distributed lag (ARDL) modelling approach which is suitable for small samples. The data for the study cover the years from 1970 to 2008. The empirical results indicate the existence of a co-integration relationship among the variables with asymmetric adjustment of the income distribution in the short- and long-run. ...

This paper compares the U.S. and Turkish labor markets in terms of flexibility and draws some results for Turkey. In paper the U.S. is considered a flexible model and Turkey a rigid model. Since 2001 unemployment is one of the most serious problems in Turkey. Despite rapid economic growth in 2000s the job creation capacity of the economy has not improved and high unemployment still remains a worrisome problem. The paper also discusses the reasons for different unemployment rates in Europe and in ...

This paper analyzes whether and to what extent the inflow of FDI is affected before and after the occurence of a financial crisis in developing countries. The paper uses a semiparametric Generalized Partial Linear Models (GPLM) regression approach to check the appropriateness and effectiveness of financial crisis in the FDI regression model. The results indicate that FDI inflows decrease in the years after a financial crisis and an upturn in FDI inflows the year before a financial crisis hit the country.

The main purpose of this paper is to analyze the Turkish handmade carpet industry and to compare it with select Far East countries. In particular the Turkish handmade carpet industry is compared with the handmade carpet industries of Iran India China Afghanistan Pakistan and Nepal. In this context the determinants of handmade carpets in the US market are analyzed empirically. Our results show that the Turkish handmade carpet industry has been experiencing a period of recession in the past decade. ...