The development of societies is possible by using the factors of production fully and effectively.Labor force, which is the most important production factor sociologically, is defined as the participation 1 Bu çalışma Nagihan AKSOY' un "Türkiye'de Kadın İstihdamının Belirleyicileri" başlıklı Yüksek Lisans Tezinden türetilmiştir. 147of or ready to participate in the production of goods and services by the population of men and women.Although it is not possible to evaluate the labor force independently of women, in almost every society, female participation in the labor force for various reasons has lagged behind the male. There is a huge gap between the genders in terms of both labor force participation and unemployment rate in Turkey.In the study, the factors determining the employment of women were analyzed by ARDL bound test method for 1988-2018 and it was concluded that there was a long-term cointegration relationship between the variables. While the minimum wage level does not have a significant effect on female employment in the long term, the number of married women and the unemployment rate are the most important factors determining female employment. These results illustrate that, the worsening economic conditions in Turkey is the most important decisive factor affecting women's employment.

The process of financial liberalization, which has become widespread in the world since the 70s, has provided a positive contribution to the level of financial development of economies, as well as a basis for increasing the level of financial fragility. Turkey also joined the financial liberalization movement after 1980 and switched to full liberalization in 1989. Successive crises after 1990 were the lessons of the liberalization process for the Turkish financial system. Having evaluated these lessons well after the 2001 crisis, Turkey has been one of the economies that emerged from the 2008 global crisis with the least damage. In this study, in which the financial development Index and the financial fragility index were calculated for the period 2007-2019 using the Principal Component Analysis technique, the relations between these two indices were examined using the ARDL (boundary test) approach. The findings show that while the level of financial development is increasing in Turkey, financial fragility is gradually decreasing. This situation emphasizes the importance of legal and institutional regulations appeared in the financial sector.

Türkiye'ye gelen AB doğrudan yabancı yatırımları üzerinde finansal gelişmişliğin ve ekonomik büyümenin etkisini tespit etmeye yönelik olarak yapılan çalışmada öncelikle, 11 adet finansal gelişme göstergesi ve Temel Bileşenler Analizi yöntemi kullanılarak bir finansal gelişme endeksi oluşturulmuştur. Daha sonra, 2005Q1-2015Q4 dönemini kapsayan üçer aylık veriler ile AB doğrudan yatırımları, finansal gelişme ve ekonomik büyüme arasındaki ilişki ARDL sınır testi yöntemi ile analiz edilmiştir. Üç farklı modelin tahmin edildiği çalışmadan elde edilen bulgular, finansal gelişme ve ekonomik büyümenin tek başlarına AB doğrudan yabancı yatırımlarını etkilemediğini ancak finansal gelişme ve ekonomik büyümenin birlikte AB doğrudan yabancı yatırımları üzerinde etkili olduğunu göstermektedir. Ayrıca Türkiye'de finansal gelişme ve ekonomik büyüme arasında da bir etkileşimin bulunduğu tespit edilmiş olup Türkiye'de arz öncü hipotezin geçerli olduğu yani Schumpeterci yaklaşımın desteklendiği sonucuna ulaşılmıştır.