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  • Research Project Report May 20, 2025

    Investing in Early Childhood Education and Care Services in Jordan

    İpek Ilkkaracan, Ayse Aylin Bayar, Luiza Nassif Pires, Thomas Masterson, and Ajit Zacharias
    Abstract

    Written in October 2022, through a collaboration between Istanbul Technical University (ITU) and the Levy Economics Institute in New York by Ipek Ilkkaracan (ITU), Ayse Aylin Bayar (ITU), Luiza Nassif Pires (Levy), Tom Masterson (Levy), and Ajit Zacharias (Levy). We are grateful to Hazar Asfoura from UN Women Jordan for her careful readings of various […]

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  • Research Project Report April 01, 2019

    Investing in Early Childhood Education and Care in Kyrgyz Republic

    Kijong Kim, and İpek Ilkkaracan
    Abstract

    Expansion of early childhood education and care (ECEC) services for all is a matter of the choices made regarding the allocation of public resources. As such, it is as much an issue of children’s well-being and gender equality as it is an issue of economic policy and fiscal allocation. This study—authored by Institute scholars Ipek […]

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  • Working Paper No. 882 January 13, 2017

    Investing in Social Care Infrastructure and Employment Generation

    Kijong Kim, İpek Ilkkaracan, and Tolga Kaya
    Abstract

    This paper examines the aggregate and gender employment impact of expanding the early childhood care and preschool education (ECCPE) sector in Turkey and compares it to the expansion of the construction sector. The authors’ methodology combines input-output analysis with a statistical microsimulation approach. Their findings suggest that the expansion of the ECCPE sector creates more […]

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  • One-Pager No. 50 October 22, 2015

    A Public Investment Priority for Job Creation in Turkey

    Kijong Kim, İpek Ilkkaracan, and Tolga Kaya
    Abstract

    This one-pager presents the key findings and policy recommendations of the research project report The Impact of Public Investment in Social Care Services on Employment, Gender Equality, and Poverty: The Turkish Case, which examines the demand-side rationale for a public investment in the social care sector in Turkey—specifically, early childhood care and preschool education (ECCPE)—by […]

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  • Research Project Report September 22, 2015

    The Impact of Public Investment in Social Care Services on Employment, Gender Equality, and Poverty

    Kijong Kim, İpek Ilkkaracan, and Tolga Kaya
    Abstract

    Produced in partnership with the International Labour Organization, United Nations Development Programme, and UN Women, this report examines the demand-side rationale for a public investment in the social care sector—specifically, early childhood care and preschool education (ECCPE)—by comparing its potential for job creation, pro-women allocation of jobs, and poverty reduction with an equivalent investment in […]

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  • Working Paper No. 774 September 12, 2013

    Economic Crises and the Added Worker Effect in the Turkish Labor Market

    İpek Ilkkaracan
    Abstract

    Turkish economic growth has been characterized by periodic crises since financial liberalization reforms were enacted in the early 1990s. Given the phenomenally low female labor force participation rate in Turkey (one of the lowest in the world) and the limited scope of the country’s unemployment insurance scheme, there appears to be ample room for a […]

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