Life Chances in Turkey : Expanding Opportunities for the Next Generation

Life chances explore the state of equality of opportunities in Turkey. It builds on the concepts and ideas presented in the World Development Report 2006: equity and development. The authors assess how today's distribution of wealth and the su...

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Main Authors: Hentschel, Jesko, Aran, Meltem, Can, Raif, Ferreira, Francisco H.G., Gignoux, Jeremie, Uraz, Arzu
Format: Publications & Research
Language:English
Published: World Bank 2012
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topic ACCESS TO FOOD
ACCESS TO INFORMATION
ACCESS TO PRESCHOOL
ACCESS TO PRESCHOOL EDUCATION
ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION
ADULT POPULATION
AGE GROUPS
ANTENATAL CARE
BABY
BIRTH CERTIFICATE
CARE DURING PREGNANCY
CARE OPTIONS
CHILD CARE
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
CHILD EDUCATION
CHILD MORTALITY
CHILD MORTALITY RATES
CHILD PROTECTION
CHILD-CARE
CHRONIC MALNUTRITION
CITIZENS
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
COMPLETION RATES
DAY CARE
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN
DISADVANTAGED GROUPS
DISCRIMINATION
DISSEMINATION
DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH
DROPOUT
EARLY CHILDHOOD
EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
EARTHQUAKE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
EDUCATED MOTHERS
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EFFECTIVE POLICIES
ENROLLMENT
ENROLLMENT FOR CHILDREN
ENROLLMENT RATE
ENROLLMENT RATES
EQUAL ACCESS
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
EXTENDED FAMILY
FAMILIES
FAMILY MEMBERS
FAMILY SUPPORT
FEMALE LABOR FORCE
FERTILITY
FORMAL EDUCATION
GAP BETWEEN GIRLS
GENDER DIFFERENCES
GIRLS
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROSS ENROLLMENT
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH INSURANCE
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH SYSTEM
HEIGHT FOR AGE
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HYGIENE
IMMUNIZATION
IMMUNIZATIONS
INADEQUATE FOOD INTAKE
INEQUITIES
INFANTS
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS
INTERVENTION
INTERVENTIONS
IODINE
IODINE DEFICIENCY
LABOR MARKET
LEARNING
LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT
LEARNING MATERIALS
LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
LEARNING OUTCOMES
LEGAL STATUS
LIFE EXPECTANCY
LIFELONG LEARNING
LIVE BIRTHS
LIVING STANDARDS
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT
MALE PARTICIPATION
MARKET ECONOMY
MARRIED WOMEN
MATERNAL NUTRITION
MEDICAL FACILITY
MEDICAL TREATMENT
MENTAL HEALTH
MIGRATION
MINISTRY OF HEALTH
MORTALITY
MORTALITY RATE
MOTHER
MOTHER TONGUE
NATIONAL EDUCATION
NET ENROLLMENT
NUTRITION
OLD CHILDREN
OLD-AGE
PARENTING
PARTICIPATION RATES
PHYSICAL HEALTH
POLICY FRAMEWORK
POOR CHILDREN
POOR GIRLS
POPULATION GROUPS
POPULATION STUDIES
PREGNANCIES
PREGNANCY
PRESCHOOL EDUCATION
PRESCHOOL ENROLLMENT
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOLING
PRODUCTIVITY
PROGRESS
PUBLIC SERVICE
PUBLIC SERVICES
QUALITY OF EDUCATION
QUALITY PRIMARY EDUCATION
QUALITY SCHOOLS
READING
RESPECT
RETURNS TO EDUCATION
RISK FACTORS
RURAL AREAS
SAFETY NETS
SANITATION
SCHOOL AGE
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLS
SECONDARY SCHOOL
SERVICE DELIVERY
SIBLINGS
SKILLED STAFF
SOCIAL BEHAVIOR
SOCIAL CONDITIONS
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL EXPENDITURES
SOCIAL INDICATORS
SOCIAL MOBILITY
SOCIAL POLICIES
SOCIAL POLICY
SOCIAL SCIENCES
SOCIAL SECURITY
SOCIAL SERVICES
SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS
STATE PLANNING
STUDENT ASSESSMENT
STUNTING
TEENAGERS
TELEVISION
UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATIONS
UNIVERSAL ACCESS
URBAN AREAS
URBAN CENTERS
WOMAN
YOUNG ADULTS
YOUNG AGE
YOUNG CHILDREN
YOUNG GIRLS
YOUNG PEOPLE
spellingShingle ACCESS TO FOOD
ACCESS TO INFORMATION
ACCESS TO PRESCHOOL
ACCESS TO PRESCHOOL EDUCATION
ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION
ADULT POPULATION
AGE GROUPS
ANTENATAL CARE
BABY
BIRTH CERTIFICATE
CARE DURING PREGNANCY
CARE OPTIONS
CHILD CARE
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
CHILD EDUCATION
CHILD MORTALITY
CHILD MORTALITY RATES
CHILD PROTECTION
CHILD-CARE
CHRONIC MALNUTRITION
CITIZENS
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
COMPLETION RATES
DAY CARE
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN
DISADVANTAGED GROUPS
DISCRIMINATION
DISSEMINATION
DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH
DROPOUT
EARLY CHILDHOOD
EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
EARTHQUAKE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
EDUCATED MOTHERS
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EFFECTIVE POLICIES
ENROLLMENT
ENROLLMENT FOR CHILDREN
ENROLLMENT RATE
ENROLLMENT RATES
EQUAL ACCESS
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
EXTENDED FAMILY
FAMILIES
FAMILY MEMBERS
FAMILY SUPPORT
FEMALE LABOR FORCE
FERTILITY
FORMAL EDUCATION
GAP BETWEEN GIRLS
GENDER DIFFERENCES
GIRLS
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROSS ENROLLMENT
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH INSURANCE
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH SYSTEM
HEIGHT FOR AGE
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HYGIENE
IMMUNIZATION
IMMUNIZATIONS
INADEQUATE FOOD INTAKE
INEQUITIES
INFANTS
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS
INTERVENTION
INTERVENTIONS
IODINE
IODINE DEFICIENCY
LABOR MARKET
LEARNING
LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT
LEARNING MATERIALS
LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
LEARNING OUTCOMES
LEGAL STATUS
LIFE EXPECTANCY
LIFELONG LEARNING
LIVE BIRTHS
LIVING STANDARDS
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT
MALE PARTICIPATION
MARKET ECONOMY
MARRIED WOMEN
MATERNAL NUTRITION
MEDICAL FACILITY
MEDICAL TREATMENT
MENTAL HEALTH
MIGRATION
MINISTRY OF HEALTH
MORTALITY
MORTALITY RATE
MOTHER
MOTHER TONGUE
NATIONAL EDUCATION
NET ENROLLMENT
NUTRITION
OLD CHILDREN
OLD-AGE
PARENTING
PARTICIPATION RATES
PHYSICAL HEALTH
POLICY FRAMEWORK
POOR CHILDREN
POOR GIRLS
POPULATION GROUPS
POPULATION STUDIES
PREGNANCIES
PREGNANCY
PRESCHOOL EDUCATION
PRESCHOOL ENROLLMENT
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOLING
PRODUCTIVITY
PROGRESS
PUBLIC SERVICE
PUBLIC SERVICES
QUALITY OF EDUCATION
QUALITY PRIMARY EDUCATION
QUALITY SCHOOLS
READING
RESPECT
RETURNS TO EDUCATION
RISK FACTORS
RURAL AREAS
SAFETY NETS
SANITATION
SCHOOL AGE
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLS
SECONDARY SCHOOL
SERVICE DELIVERY
SIBLINGS
SKILLED STAFF
SOCIAL BEHAVIOR
SOCIAL CONDITIONS
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL EXPENDITURES
SOCIAL INDICATORS
SOCIAL MOBILITY
SOCIAL POLICIES
SOCIAL POLICY
SOCIAL SCIENCES
SOCIAL SECURITY
SOCIAL SERVICES
SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS
STATE PLANNING
STUDENT ASSESSMENT
STUNTING
TEENAGERS
TELEVISION
UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATIONS
UNIVERSAL ACCESS
URBAN AREAS
URBAN CENTERS
WOMAN
YOUNG ADULTS
YOUNG AGE
YOUNG CHILDREN
YOUNG GIRLS
YOUNG PEOPLE
Hentschel, Jesko
Aran, Meltem
Can, Raif
Ferreira, Francisco H.G.
Gignoux, Jeremie
Uraz, Arzu
Life Chances in Turkey : Expanding Opportunities for the Next Generation
geographic_facet Europe and Central Asia
Middle East
Europe
Eastern Europe
Asia
Turkey
relation Directions in Development ; human development
description Life chances explore the state of equality of opportunities in Turkey. It builds on the concepts and ideas presented in the World Development Report 2006: equity and development. The authors assess how today's distribution of wealth and the success of children in learning to read and write are shaped by the past, by factors predetermined at birth, factors over which today's children and families have no control: one's gender, parents' and grandparents' education, region and area of birth, or mother tongue. Some of the findings are stark, especially as they pertain to how the opportunities today's children have affect the future of the country: a girl born in a remote village to a poor family and parents with primary education degrees will very likely struggle in almost every area of her development. Compared with a boy born to well-off, highly educated parents in one of the urban centers in the country's west, that girl is four times as likely to suffer from low birth weight, one-third as likely to be immunized, and ten times as likely to have her growth stunted as a result of malnutrition. Similarly she has a one-in-five chance of completing high school, whereas the boy will likely finish school and move on to college. Life chances shows how investing in early childhood education has huge payoffs, for disadvantaged children as well as social and economic development at large. This book goes beyond tradeoffs between efficiency and equity. It shows that a focus on equity, equality of opportunities, can also lead to enhanced efficiency, once the productive capabilities of all citizens are nurtured to their fullest extent regardless of the luck of the draw at birth.
format Publications & Research
author Hentschel, Jesko
Aran, Meltem
Can, Raif
Ferreira, Francisco H.G.
Gignoux, Jeremie
Uraz, Arzu
author_facet Hentschel, Jesko
Aran, Meltem
Can, Raif
Ferreira, Francisco H.G.
Gignoux, Jeremie
Uraz, Arzu
author_sort Hentschel, Jesko
title Life Chances in Turkey : Expanding Opportunities for the Next Generation
title_short Life Chances in Turkey : Expanding Opportunities for the Next Generation
title_full Life Chances in Turkey : Expanding Opportunities for the Next Generation
title_fullStr Life Chances in Turkey : Expanding Opportunities for the Next Generation
title_full_unstemmed Life Chances in Turkey : Expanding Opportunities for the Next Generation
title_sort life chances in turkey : expanding opportunities for the next generation
publisher World Bank
publishDate 2012
url http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333037_20100928004532
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2505
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spelling okr-10986-25052021-04-23T14:02:02Z Life Chances in Turkey : Expanding Opportunities for the Next Generation Hentschel, Jesko Aran, Meltem Can, Raif Ferreira, Francisco H.G. Gignoux, Jeremie Uraz, Arzu ACCESS TO FOOD ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESS TO PRESCHOOL ACCESS TO PRESCHOOL EDUCATION ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION ADULT POPULATION AGE GROUPS ANTENATAL CARE BABY BIRTH CERTIFICATE CARE DURING PREGNANCY CARE OPTIONS CHILD CARE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD EDUCATION CHILD MORTALITY CHILD MORTALITY RATES CHILD PROTECTION CHILD-CARE CHRONIC MALNUTRITION CITIZENS COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT COMPLETION RATES DAY CARE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN DISADVANTAGED GROUPS DISCRIMINATION DISSEMINATION DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH DROPOUT EARLY CHILDHOOD EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION EARTHQUAKE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY EDUCATED MOTHERS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EFFECTIVE POLICIES ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT FOR CHILDREN ENROLLMENT RATE ENROLLMENT RATES EQUAL ACCESS EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY EXTENDED FAMILY FAMILIES FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY SUPPORT FEMALE LABOR FORCE FERTILITY FORMAL EDUCATION GAP BETWEEN GIRLS GENDER DIFFERENCES GIRLS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROSS ENROLLMENT HEALTH CARE HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEM HEIGHT FOR AGE HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HYGIENE IMMUNIZATION IMMUNIZATIONS INADEQUATE FOOD INTAKE INEQUITIES INFANTS INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS INTERVENTION INTERVENTIONS IODINE IODINE DEFICIENCY LABOR MARKET LEARNING LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT LEARNING MATERIALS LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES LEARNING OUTCOMES LEGAL STATUS LIFE EXPECTANCY LIFELONG LEARNING LIVE BIRTHS LIVING STANDARDS LOW BIRTH WEIGHT MALE PARTICIPATION MARKET ECONOMY MARRIED WOMEN MATERNAL NUTRITION MEDICAL FACILITY MEDICAL TREATMENT MENTAL HEALTH MIGRATION MINISTRY OF HEALTH MORTALITY MORTALITY RATE MOTHER MOTHER TONGUE NATIONAL EDUCATION NET ENROLLMENT NUTRITION OLD CHILDREN OLD-AGE PARENTING PARTICIPATION RATES PHYSICAL HEALTH POLICY FRAMEWORK POOR CHILDREN POOR GIRLS POPULATION GROUPS POPULATION STUDIES PREGNANCIES PREGNANCY PRESCHOOL EDUCATION PRESCHOOL ENROLLMENT PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOLING PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SERVICES QUALITY OF EDUCATION QUALITY PRIMARY EDUCATION QUALITY SCHOOLS READING RESPECT RETURNS TO EDUCATION RISK FACTORS RURAL AREAS SAFETY NETS SANITATION SCHOOL AGE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SECONDARY SCHOOL SERVICE DELIVERY SIBLINGS SKILLED STAFF SOCIAL BEHAVIOR SOCIAL CONDITIONS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL EXPENDITURES SOCIAL INDICATORS SOCIAL MOBILITY SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL SCIENCES SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS STATE PLANNING STUDENT ASSESSMENT STUNTING TEENAGERS TELEVISION UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATIONS UNIVERSAL ACCESS URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTERS WOMAN YOUNG ADULTS YOUNG AGE YOUNG CHILDREN YOUNG GIRLS YOUNG PEOPLE Life chances explore the state of equality of opportunities in Turkey. It builds on the concepts and ideas presented in the World Development Report 2006: equity and development. The authors assess how today's distribution of wealth and the success of children in learning to read and write are shaped by the past, by factors predetermined at birth, factors over which today's children and families have no control: one's gender, parents' and grandparents' education, region and area of birth, or mother tongue. Some of the findings are stark, especially as they pertain to how the opportunities today's children have affect the future of the country: a girl born in a remote village to a poor family and parents with primary education degrees will very likely struggle in almost every area of her development. Compared with a boy born to well-off, highly educated parents in one of the urban centers in the country's west, that girl is four times as likely to suffer from low birth weight, one-third as likely to be immunized, and ten times as likely to have her growth stunted as a result of malnutrition. Similarly she has a one-in-five chance of completing high school, whereas the boy will likely finish school and move on to college. Life chances shows how investing in early childhood education has huge payoffs, for disadvantaged children as well as social and economic development at large. This book goes beyond tradeoffs between efficiency and equity. It shows that a focus on equity, equality of opportunities, can also lead to enhanced efficiency, once the productive capabilities of all citizens are nurtured to their fullest extent regardless of the luck of the draw at birth. 2012-03-19T09:35:08Z 2012-03-19T09:35:08Z 2010 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333037_20100928004532 978-0-8213-8400-8 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2505 English Directions in Development ; human development CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Publication Europe and Central Asia Middle East Europe Eastern Europe Asia Turkey