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on Central and Western Asia |
| By: | Deger Eryar (Department of Economics, Izmir University of Economics); Hasan Tekguc (Department of Economics, Mardin Artuklu University) |
| Abstract: | The focus of this paper is to examine the impact of having a working mother on their daughter’s labor force participation rate for the first time in Turkey by using a representative sample from the third largest city Ýzmir.Our findings indicate that the gender role attitude is one of the most important determinants of women’s initial entry into the labor force, especially for those women with lower education levels. However, the same effect loses its significance as a factor in women’s decision to remain in the labor force. This result suggests that although the gender role attitude can induce low-educated women to participate in the labor market initially, the lack of adequate work-family reconciliation policies in Turkey seem to adversely affect their decision to stay in the labor force as wives and mothers. |
| Keywords: | Female labor force participation rate, work-family reconciliation, labor force attachment, gender role attitude, Turkey |
| JEL: | J16 J21 Z13 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:izm:wpaper:1501&r=cwa |
| By: | Alper Duman (Department of Economics, Izmir University of Economics); Idil Göksel (Department of Economics, Izmir University of Economics) |
| Abstract: | The aim of this paper is to investigate the network effect on the probability of finding employment. This paper uses a specific data set from the Izmir region, prepared by the Turkish Statistical Institute for a specific project carried out by Izmir University of Economics in cooperation with the Izmir Chamber of Commerce, the Izmir branch of theTurkish Statistical Institute and the Turkish Labour Institute. Izmir, the third biggest city in Turkey, attracts both skilled and unskilled migrants, and has become one of the preferred destinations for migrants. The relative success of migrants in employment relates to their use of job search channels. We differentiate job search channels into formal/individual, and network forms. The latter refers to the job referral or job information diffusion through relatives and acquaintances. We find that migrants benefit from a comparative advantage in the usage of the network channel. Moreover, this network advantage is more robust for less educated workers. |
| Keywords: | Social networks, migrants, Izmir |
| JEL: | J15 J61 D83 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:izm:wpaper:1502&r=cwa |
| By: | Nancy Murray |
| Abstract: | Mathematica designed, implemented, and rigorously evaluated evidence-based school dropout prevention pilot interventions in four Asian countries—India, Tajikistan, Cambodia, and Timor-Leste. |
| Keywords: | Education, international, USAID, reading, CIPRE, School Dropout Prevention |
| JEL: | F Z |
| Date: | 2015–09–10 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:mpr:mprres:6c67c89686ba46369481c67683627928&r=cwa |
| By: | Stanislav Mezhdoyan |
| Abstract: | The purpose of the paper is to analyze political participation of Armenian minority in Georgia, find out the obstacles that government of Georgia and minorities face. To analyze and compare the international legal base in the field of political integration of minorities as a key to solution for issue existed in Georgia. |
| Date: | 2015–10 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wiw:wiwrsa:ersa15p1777&r=cwa |