Economic performance and unemployment: Evidence from an emerging economy

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 604-623

  Berument, Hakan ^a   Dogan, Nukhet ^b   Tansel, Aysıt ^c  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Economic performance; Education; Gender; Turkey; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750733645     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437720610708248     Document Type: Article

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