Aysit Tansel
Biographic Data
| ID | 269665 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aysit Tansel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aysit |
| FAMILY NAME | Tansel |
| SIGNATURE | TANSEL A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Middle East Technical University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 88 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
The Impact of Vision Problems on Households' Incomes: Evidence From the 2019 and 2022 Rounds of the Turkey Health Survey
Vision problems reduce individuals' quality of life, and they also reduce their productivity as workers and consequently decrease their incomes. Most vision problems can be corrected with properly fitted eyeglasses, but many people with vision problems do not have such eyeglasses. There is very little research to date on the impact of vision problems on workers' productivity, and no studies at a national scale. This paper addresses this gap by es…
Do Emigrants Self-Select Along Cultural Traits? Evidence from the Mena Countries
This article empirically investigates whether emigrants from MENA (Middle East and North Africa) countries self-select along two cultural traits: religiosity and gender-egalitarian attitudes. Using Gallup World Poll data on individual opinions and beliefs and migration aspirations, we find that individuals who intend to emigrate to high-income countries exhibit significantly lower levels of religiosity than the rest of the population. They also s…
Returns to Foreign Language Skills in a Developing Country: The Case of Turkey
This paper analyses the economic value of foreign languages in Turkey using data on some 6000 adult male wage-earners in 2007. We find positive earnings returns to proficiency in English and Russian, which increase with the level of competence. French and German skills are also positively rewarded, although their return seems mostly linked to the likelihood to hold specific occupations. In contrast, knowing Arabic does not generate an earnings pr…
Impact of internal migration on political participation in Turkey
ᅟ The Impact of population mobility on provincial turnout rates in the 2011 Turkish parliamentary election is studied, controlling for the effects of other socio-economic, demographic, political and institutional factors. Consequences of migration both at destinations and origins are considered. According to the robust regressions estimated, the relationship between turnout and education is inverse U-shaped, and between turnout and age (including…
Does private tutoring increase students' academic performance? Evidence from Turkey
Social and economic determinants of Turkish voter choice in the 1995 parliamentary election
Economic Performance and Political Outcomes: An Analysis of the Turkish Parliamentary and Local Election Results Between 1950 and 2004
Public-Private Employment Choice, Wage Differentials, and Gender in Turkey
The main objective of this article is to examine the factors that explain the employment choice and the wage differentials in public administration, state‐owned enterprises, and the formal private wage sector in Turkey. Selectivity‐corrected wage equations are estimated for each sector for men and women separately. Oaxaca‐Blinder decomposition of the wage differentials between sectors by gender and between men and women by sector are carried out.…
Determinants of school attainment of boys and girls in Turkey: Individual, household and community factors
Educational expenditure in the Middle East and North Africa
Cet article examine l'equite dans la distribution des depenses publiques en matiere d'education a differents niveaux de scolarite dans les pays du Moyen-Orient et d'Afrique du Nord. Certaines comparaisons avec d'autres parties du globe sont avancees
Schooling Attainment, Parental Education, and Gender in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana
Impact of internal migration on political participation in Turkey
ᅟ The Impact of population mobility on provincial turnout rates in the 2011 Turkish parliamentary election is studied, controlling for the effects of other socio-economic, demographic, political and institutional factors. Consequences of migration both at destinations and origins are considered. According to the robust regressions estimated, the relationship between turnout and education is inverse U-shaped, and between turnout and age (including…
Do Emigrants Self-Select Along Cultural Traits? Evidence from the Mena Countries
This article empirically investigates whether emigrants from MENA (Middle East and North Africa) countries self-select along two cultural traits: religiosity and gender-egalitarian attitudes. Using Gallup World Poll data on individual opinions and beliefs and migration aspirations, we find that individuals who intend to emigrate to high-income countries exhibit significantly lower levels of religiosity than the rest of the population. They also s…
Schooling Attainment, Parental Education, and Gender in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana
Economic Performance and Political Outcomes: An Analysis of the Turkish Parliamentary and Local Election Results Between 1950 and 2004
Does private tutoring increase students' academic performance? Evidence from Turkey
Public-Private Employment Choice, Wage Differentials, and Gender in Turkey
The main objective of this article is to examine the factors that explain the employment choice and the wage differentials in public administration, state‐owned enterprises, and the formal private wage sector in Turkey. Selectivity‐corrected wage equations are estimated for each sector for men and women separately. Oaxaca‐Blinder decomposition of the wage differentials between sectors by gender and between men and women by sector are carried out.…
Social and economic determinants of Turkish voter choice in the 1995 parliamentary election
Educational expenditure in the Middle East and North Africa
Cet article examine l'equite dans la distribution des depenses publiques en matiere d'education a differents niveaux de scolarite dans les pays du Moyen-Orient et d'Afrique du Nord. Certaines comparaisons avec d'autres parties du globe sont avancees
Schooling Attainment, Parental Education, and Gender in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana
Educational expenditure in the Middle East and North Africa
Cet article examine l'equite dans la distribution des depenses publiques en matiere d'education a differents niveaux de scolarite dans les pays du Moyen-Orient et d'Afrique du Nord. Certaines comparaisons avec d'autres parties du globe sont avancees
Determinants of school attainment of boys and girls in Turkey: Individual, household and community factors
Public-Private Employment Choice, Wage Differentials, and Gender in Turkey
The main objective of this article is to examine the factors that explain the employment choice and the wage differentials in public administration, state‐owned enterprises, and the formal private wage sector in Turkey. Selectivity‐corrected wage equations are estimated for each sector for men and women separately. Oaxaca‐Blinder decomposition of the wage differentials between sectors by gender and between men and women by sector are carried out.…
Economic Performance and Political Outcomes: An Analysis of the Turkish Parliamentary and Local Election Results Between 1950 and 2004
Social and economic determinants of Turkish voter choice in the 1995 parliamentary election
Does private tutoring increase students' academic performance? Evidence from Turkey
Returns to Foreign Language Skills in a Developing Country: The Case of Turkey
This paper analyses the economic value of foreign languages in Turkey using data on some 6000 adult male wage-earners in 2007. We find positive earnings returns to proficiency in English and Russian, which increase with the level of competence. French and German skills are also positively rewarded, although their return seems mostly linked to the likelihood to hold specific occupations. In contrast, knowing Arabic does not generate an earnings pr…
Impact of internal migration on political participation in Turkey
ᅟ The Impact of population mobility on provincial turnout rates in the 2011 Turkish parliamentary election is studied, controlling for the effects of other socio-economic, demographic, political and institutional factors. Consequences of migration both at destinations and origins are considered. According to the robust regressions estimated, the relationship between turnout and education is inverse U-shaped, and between turnout and age (including…
Do Emigrants Self-Select Along Cultural Traits? Evidence from the Mena Countries
This article empirically investigates whether emigrants from MENA (Middle East and North Africa) countries self-select along two cultural traits: religiosity and gender-egalitarian attitudes. Using Gallup World Poll data on individual opinions and beliefs and migration aspirations, we find that individuals who intend to emigrate to high-income countries exhibit significantly lower levels of religiosity than the rest of the population. They also s…
The Impact of Vision Problems on Households' Incomes: Evidence From the 2019 and 2022 Rounds of the Turkey Health Survey
Vision problems reduce individuals' quality of life, and they also reduce their productivity as workers and consequently decrease their incomes. Most vision problems can be corrected with properly fitted eyeglasses, but many people with vision problems do not have such eyeglasses. There is very little research to date on the impact of vision problems on workers' productivity, and no studies at a national scale. This paper addresses this gap by es…
Economics (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Demographic economics (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Turkish (5 works) · Demography (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (3 works) · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (3 works)