Does Longer Compulsory Education Equalize Schooling by Gender and Rural/Urban Residence?

This study examines the effects of the extension of compulsory schooling from 5 to 8 years in Turkey in 1997—which involved substantial investment in school infrastructure—on schooling outcomes and, in particular, on the equality of these outcomes...

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Main Authors: Kırdar, Murat G., Dayıoğlu, Meltem, Koç, İsmet
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/07/24824576/longer-compulsory-education-equalize-schooling-gender-ruralurban-residence
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22461