In the growth literature, Cobb-Douglas (CD), Constant Elasticity of Substitution (CES), and Variable Elasticity of Substitution (VES) production functions are frequently used in analyzing the elasticity of substitution ...

The purpose of this study is decomposing and investigating structural and cyclical components of unemployment in Turkey by modern labor market theories (flow approach and search and matching model) and investigating ...

As in all pre-capitalist societies, some principles have been mentioned in the Ottoman economic mentality. According to Mehmet Genç, these principles are provisionalism, traditionalism, and fiscalism. The Ottoman economy ...

This study is a three-essay dissertation that seeks to explain the notion of Islamic market within the context of the Islamic holistic worldview and, in the process, correct misinterpretations on the subject in recent ...

This study aims to analyze the impact of the 2008 global economic crisis on Turkish manufacturing industry. Economic impacts of crisis have long been investigated; however, this study differentiates by using a new perspective ...

Turkish labor market has fundamental problems; labor force participation and employment rates are quite low especially among women and informality is prevalent. This thesis includes analysis on three issues in Turkish ...

Feminist economics which emerged during women’s movement in the nineteenth century has developed the concept of gender relations in the various aspects of social and economic life. It challenges the male-dominated economic ...

The main purpose of this study is to analyse women's perceptions of poverty by using subjective poverty method and to investigate what affects their perceptions of poverty. In this context, women's perceptions of poverty ...

The aim of this study is to analyze the effect of innovative initiatives on regional growth in Turkey. For this purpose, 12 regions described as the level-1 by Turkish Statistical Institute, are examined by using empirical ...

Economic growth has attracted the attention of economists throughout history. However, until the Augmented Neo-Classical Growth Model developed by Mankiw, Romer and Weil, growth theories ignored the human capital factor. ...