Amaç: Çalışma, Türkiye’de en önemli bölgesel kalkınma projelerinden olan Konya Ovası Projesi’nin ... more Amaç: Çalışma, Türkiye’de en önemli bölgesel kalkınma projelerinden olan Konya Ovası Projesi’nin (KOP) Konya ve Karaman’da istihdam göstergeleri üzerindeki etkisini analiz etmeyi amaçlamıştır. KOP bölgesinin sahip olduğu karasal iklim yazın yağışların son derece az olmasını tetiklemekte ve bölge tarımının önünde bir engel oluşturmaktadır. KOP’un ana hedeflerinden biri bölgede etkin bir sulama ağını kurmak ve mevcut sulama sistemlerini iyileştirmektir. KOP sulama sistemlerini iyileştirmenin yanı sıra bölgenin alt yapısı ve istihdam imkanlarını geliştirmek gibi sosyo-ekonomik yapısını canlandıracak projeleri de faaliyete geçirmiştir. Tüm bu iyileştirmelerin ve projelerin doğrudan veya dolaylı olarak bölge istihdamını etkileme potansiyeli araştırılmıştır. Tasarım/Metodoloji/Yaklaşım: “Farkların Farkı” ve “Eğilim Skoru Eşleştirme” yöntemleri kullanılarak 2008 ve 2017 yılları arası KOP’un Konya ve Karaman’a ait istihdam göstergeleri üzerindeki etkisi ampirik olarak tahmin edilmiştir. Ana...
International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care
Purpose The effects of disability are well recognised by the social security systems worldwide. T... more Purpose The effects of disability are well recognised by the social security systems worldwide. This study aims to examine the disability and health-related costs of Syrian migrants in Turkey using the standard of living (SoL) approach. Design/methodology/approach The empirical analysis relies on primary data collected from 1,067 Syrian migrants in Turkey, and the author applies the ordered Probit model. The SoL is operationalized by frequency of attendance to a Turkish theatrical play or movie, inviting Turkish friends for food and attending a theatrical play or movie with Turkish friends. Findings The findings show that health problems and disability are negatively related to the frequency of participation in socio-cultural activities. Moreover, employed, wealthier and educated Syrian migrants participate more frequently in the social and cultural activities explored. Practical implications The results show that the costs range between 9% and 38%, which translates in monetary valu...
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, governments across the world have attempted to protect jobs... more In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, governments across the world have attempted to protect jobs by paying companies to retain employees (“furloughing”), even when there was no work for them to do. Using a difference-in-differences design on a nationally representative dataset, this study estimates the causal effect of the furloughing of workers in the UK on individuals’ mental wellbeing compared to those that remain in employment. The empirical analysis relies on data derived from the UK Household Longitudinal Study (UKHLS) in 2015-2019 and the UKHLS COVID-19 survey conducted in April 2020. We find that although both furloughed and laid-off individuals both saw large increases in their concern about their financial future, this did not translate into worse mental wellbeing outcomes for furloughed workers when compared to those who remained employed. In contrast, laid off workers suffered a decline in their mental wellbeing of a magnitude in line with previous studies of the effect of unemployment on mental wellbeing. These results suggest that the furlough scheme has had a substantial effect in avoiding a mental health crisis and that the benefits from the scheme extend well beyond simply supporting people’s income, by supporting their health and their general happiness too. More generally it illustrates how economic policy can affect mental wellbeing. At the same time it highlights that governments will have to take great care in withdrawing furloughing schemes so as to avoid widespread mental distress.
PurposeCountries have implemented various migration policies targeting the migrants' economic... more PurposeCountries have implemented various migration policies targeting the migrants' economic and political integration and social inclusion. However, little is known about the impact of migration policies on migrants' participation in socio-cultural activities and their link with well-being. The first aim of this study is to explore the effect of the Migration Act of 2000 in Germany on participation in socio-cultural activities of first-generation migrants. The second aim is to examine the impact of socio-cultural activities on subjective well-being (SWB), measured by life satisfaction, and how it is compared between first-generation immigrants and natives.Design/methodology/approachThe Migration Act of 2000 was extended in 2005 to provide permanent residence permits to high-skilled migrants and deliver cultural orientation and German language courses. The author will implement a Difference-in-Differences (DiD) methodology comparing the relationship between socio-cultural p...
ABSTRACT A well-known hypothesis providing support for a policy that emphasizes economic growth a... more ABSTRACT A well-known hypothesis providing support for a policy that emphasizes economic growth at the expense of environmental protection is the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis. Although this relation has been mainly explored at the macro-economic level, there are few researches examining micro-economic level. This study looks for empirical evidence between air pollution and income using social data from the British Household Panel Survey during the period 1991-2009. The first approach refers to a fixed effects model, the second to dynamic panel data and Arellano-Bond GMM, while the third approach concerns a binary Logit model with fixed effects. The current study's fixed effects results show that there is no evidence of EKC hypothesis for the air pollutants examined. On the contrary, there is a strong evidence of EKC hypothesis for the air pollutants examined based on Arellano-Bond GMM and logit model's results with fixed effects and all the types of household income indicating that EKC hypothesis holds. Furthermore, regarding personal income, using the Arellano-Bond GMM methodology, the EKC hypothesis does not hold. This indicates that air pollution and income might be based on communitarian arrangements instead of on individualistic actions.
Amaç: Çalışma, Türkiye’de en önemli bölgesel kalkınma projelerinden olan Konya Ovası Projesi’nin ... more Amaç: Çalışma, Türkiye’de en önemli bölgesel kalkınma projelerinden olan Konya Ovası Projesi’nin (KOP) Konya ve Karaman’da istihdam göstergeleri üzerindeki etkisini analiz etmeyi amaçlamıştır. KOP bölgesinin sahip olduğu karasal iklim yazın yağışların son derece az olmasını tetiklemekte ve bölge tarımının önünde bir engel oluşturmaktadır. KOP’un ana hedeflerinden biri bölgede etkin bir sulama ağını kurmak ve mevcut sulama sistemlerini iyileştirmektir. KOP sulama sistemlerini iyileştirmenin yanı sıra bölgenin alt yapısı ve istihdam imkanlarını geliştirmek gibi sosyo-ekonomik yapısını canlandıracak projeleri de faaliyete geçirmiştir. Tüm bu iyileştirmelerin ve projelerin doğrudan veya dolaylı olarak bölge istihdamını etkileme potansiyeli araştırılmıştır. Tasarım/Metodoloji/Yaklaşım: “Farkların Farkı” ve “Eğilim Skoru Eşleştirme” yöntemleri kullanılarak 2008 ve 2017 yılları arası KOP’un Konya ve Karaman’a ait istihdam göstergeleri üzerindeki etkisi ampirik olarak tahmin edilmiştir. Ana...
International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care
Purpose The effects of disability are well recognised by the social security systems worldwide. T... more Purpose The effects of disability are well recognised by the social security systems worldwide. This study aims to examine the disability and health-related costs of Syrian migrants in Turkey using the standard of living (SoL) approach. Design/methodology/approach The empirical analysis relies on primary data collected from 1,067 Syrian migrants in Turkey, and the author applies the ordered Probit model. The SoL is operationalized by frequency of attendance to a Turkish theatrical play or movie, inviting Turkish friends for food and attending a theatrical play or movie with Turkish friends. Findings The findings show that health problems and disability are negatively related to the frequency of participation in socio-cultural activities. Moreover, employed, wealthier and educated Syrian migrants participate more frequently in the social and cultural activities explored. Practical implications The results show that the costs range between 9% and 38%, which translates in monetary valu...
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, governments across the world have attempted to protect jobs... more In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, governments across the world have attempted to protect jobs by paying companies to retain employees (“furloughing”), even when there was no work for them to do. Using a difference-in-differences design on a nationally representative dataset, this study estimates the causal effect of the furloughing of workers in the UK on individuals’ mental wellbeing compared to those that remain in employment. The empirical analysis relies on data derived from the UK Household Longitudinal Study (UKHLS) in 2015-2019 and the UKHLS COVID-19 survey conducted in April 2020. We find that although both furloughed and laid-off individuals both saw large increases in their concern about their financial future, this did not translate into worse mental wellbeing outcomes for furloughed workers when compared to those who remained employed. In contrast, laid off workers suffered a decline in their mental wellbeing of a magnitude in line with previous studies of the effect of unemployment on mental wellbeing. These results suggest that the furlough scheme has had a substantial effect in avoiding a mental health crisis and that the benefits from the scheme extend well beyond simply supporting people’s income, by supporting their health and their general happiness too. More generally it illustrates how economic policy can affect mental wellbeing. At the same time it highlights that governments will have to take great care in withdrawing furloughing schemes so as to avoid widespread mental distress.
PurposeCountries have implemented various migration policies targeting the migrants' economic... more PurposeCountries have implemented various migration policies targeting the migrants' economic and political integration and social inclusion. However, little is known about the impact of migration policies on migrants' participation in socio-cultural activities and their link with well-being. The first aim of this study is to explore the effect of the Migration Act of 2000 in Germany on participation in socio-cultural activities of first-generation migrants. The second aim is to examine the impact of socio-cultural activities on subjective well-being (SWB), measured by life satisfaction, and how it is compared between first-generation immigrants and natives.Design/methodology/approachThe Migration Act of 2000 was extended in 2005 to provide permanent residence permits to high-skilled migrants and deliver cultural orientation and German language courses. The author will implement a Difference-in-Differences (DiD) methodology comparing the relationship between socio-cultural p...
ABSTRACT A well-known hypothesis providing support for a policy that emphasizes economic growth a... more ABSTRACT A well-known hypothesis providing support for a policy that emphasizes economic growth at the expense of environmental protection is the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis. Although this relation has been mainly explored at the macro-economic level, there are few researches examining micro-economic level. This study looks for empirical evidence between air pollution and income using social data from the British Household Panel Survey during the period 1991-2009. The first approach refers to a fixed effects model, the second to dynamic panel data and Arellano-Bond GMM, while the third approach concerns a binary Logit model with fixed effects. The current study's fixed effects results show that there is no evidence of EKC hypothesis for the air pollutants examined. On the contrary, there is a strong evidence of EKC hypothesis for the air pollutants examined based on Arellano-Bond GMM and logit model's results with fixed effects and all the types of household income indicating that EKC hypothesis holds. Furthermore, regarding personal income, using the Arellano-Bond GMM methodology, the EKC hypothesis does not hold. This indicates that air pollution and income might be based on communitarian arrangements instead of on individualistic actions.
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