Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Fatma Doğruel Author-Workplace-Name: Marmara University, Department of Economics, Istanbul Author-Name: Ali Suut Doğruel Author-Workplace-Name: Emeritus, Marmara University, Department of Economics, Istanbu Title: Regional Wage, Productivity Differences and Location Choice of Manufacturing Sector in Turkey Abstract: Theoretical models and empirical studies focus on, in general, local characteristics such as centripetal or centrifugal forces to explain regional differences in economic activities (NEG and UE). However, how the technological characteristics of the economic activities affect the location choice are other critical issues. To this end, the paper focuses on the technological properties of the manufacturing activities in Turkey, and investigates the links between regional distribution of manufacturing subsectors and labor productivity using some basic technological indicators. Technology indicators: Wage, labor productivity and firm size at sectoral-regional level. Classification-JEL: F00,F30,G00,G10,K00,K20,M00,M20,O10 Keywords: Wage Differentials, Labor Productivity, Location Decision, Turkey, Technological IndicatorsJournal: Yildiz Social Science Review Pages: 1-16 Volume: 6 Issue: 1 Year: 2020 DOI: 10.51803/yssr.373695 File-URL: https://yssr.yildiz.edu.tr/storage/upload/pdfs/1628249854-en.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:aye:journl:v:6:y:2020:i:1:p:1-16 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Cem Başlevent Author-Workplace-Name: Bilgi Üniversitesi, Ekonomi Bölümü Title: The Changing Household Structure in Turkey: How are the Single-person Households Doing? Abstract: This paper includes an examination of the recent changes in household structure in Turkey as well as a literature review on the potential economic consequences of such changes, including those on the demand for housing, labor force participation, and the income distribution. When different types of households are examined - using figures published by annually by TurkStat - in terms of their prevalence and their average income levels, we obtain results that are consistent with the considerable decline in the average household size in Turkey. While there has been a rapid increase in the share of single-person households since 2006, their well-being – in comparison to multiple-adult households with no dependent children – has worsened. In order to better understand the reasons for this trend, we conduct an empirical analysis using micro data from TurkStat’s Survey of Income and Living Conditions. The age distributionof those in single-person households turns out to differ substantially with gender. Males are concentrated around the age of 30, while the average age of females is near 70. According to multiple regression results, gender, age, level of education, and marital status are among the significant determinants of the annual incomes of single-person households. The change in the composition of single-person households with respect to these variables seems to have been responsible for the decline in their relative economic well-being. Classification-JEL: F00,F30,G00,G10,K00,K20,M00,M20,O10 Keywords: household structure, single-person households, economic well-beingJournal: Yildiz Social Science Review Pages: 17-31 Volume: 6 Issue: 1 Year: 2020 DOI: 10.51803/yssr.703188 File-URL: https://yssr.yildiz.edu.tr/storage/upload/pdfs/1628252035-tr.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:aye:journl:v:6:y:2020:i:1:p:17-31 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Harun Kalmaç Author-Workplace-Name: İstanbul Üniversitesi, İktisat Bölümü Doktora Öğrencisi Author-Name: Emine Tahsin Author-Workplace-Name: İstanbul Üniversitesi İktisat Fakültesi, Doç. Dr. Title: Relationship Between Growth and Education in the Context of Middle-Income Trap: Cases of Turkey, Brazil, and Mexico Abstract: Turkey, Brazil and Mexico are classified among the major countries that caught in the middle-income trap. Given that, the relationship between economic growth and education for Turkey, Brazil and Mexico is analyzed on the basis of the middle-income trap concept. The countries that get escaped from the middle-income trap have common characteristics; a growth model based on R&D and innovation. In this context, the paper aims to set up the relationship between GDP per capita income, education, manufacturing and savings data for Turkey, Brazil and Mexico. For this purpose, relevant data from 1990 to 2015 is estimated by using VAR model. As a part of the VAR model, impulse response relation is evaluated, and it is concluded that education led to increase the level of savings and savings led to increase GDP per capita. Classification-JEL: F00,F30,G00,G10,K00,K20,M00,M20,O10 Keywords: Middle Income Trap, Economic Growth and Education, Middle Income Trap in Turkey, Middle Income Trap in Brazil, Middle Income Trap in Mexico, VAR ModelsJournal: Yildiz Social Science Review Pages: 33-60 Volume: 6 Issue: 1 Year: 2020 DOI: 10.51803/yssr.680273 File-URL: https://yssr.yildiz.edu.tr/storage/upload/pdfs/1628254184-tr.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:aye:journl:v:6:y:2020:i:1:p:33-60 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Zehra Bozbay Author-Workplace-Name: İstanbul Üniversitesi, İşletme Fakültesi, Pazarlama Anabilim Dalı Author-Name: Elif Taşkın Author-Workplace-Name: İstanbul Üniversitesi, S. B. E., Pazarlama Doktora Programı Öğrencisi Title: The Effects of Consumer Personality, Brand Personality and Store Personality on Purchase Intention Abstract: The aim of this study is to explain the effect of consumer, brand and store personality on purchase intention of fast fashion products and also to determine the effect of brand personality on store personality. In this context, data collected via face-to-face survey method from 355 consumers over 18 years old who purchased product from fast fashion stores. In order to test the hypotheses developed based on the research model, the data were analyzed by using the regression analysis. As a result of the analysis for the fast fashion clothing stores, consumer personality positively affects both brand personality and store personality. When the effects of brand personality and store personality on purchase intention are considered, it has been seen that they both have positive effects on purchase intention. In addition, it has been found that also brand personality positively affects store personality. Classification-JEL: F00,F30,G00,G10,K00,K20,M00,M20,O10 Keywords: Consumer Personality, Brand Personality, Store Personality, Purchase IntentionJournal: Yildiz Social Science Review Pages: 61-80 Volume: 6 Issue: 1 Year: 2020 DOI: 10.51803/yssr.774197 File-URL: https://yssr.yildiz.edu.tr/storage/upload/pdfs/1628254612-tr.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:aye:journl:v:6:y:2020:i:1:p:61-80