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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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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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 |
| Summary: | 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 between men
and women, and urban and rural residents using the Turkish
Demographic and Health Surveys. This policy is peculiar
because it also changes the sheepskin effects (signaling
effects) of schooling, through its redefinition of the
schooling tiers. The policy is also interesting due to its
large spillover effects on post-compulsory schooling as well
as its remarkable overall effect; for instance, we find that
the completed years of schooling by age 17 increases by 1.5
years for rural women. The policy equalizes the educational
attainment of urban and rural children substantially. The
urban-rural gap in the completed years of schooling at age
17 falls by 0.5 years for men and by 0.7 to 0.8 years for
women. However, there is no evidence of a narrowing gender
gap with the policy. On the contrary, the gender gap in
urban areas in post-compulsory schooling widens. |
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