Education and income inequality in Turkey: Does schooling matter?

The paper examines the link between educational variables and income inequality in Turkey. First, I evaluate the impact of educational level, then I move on to assess educational inequality and finally I consider educational spending by public and private sectors. I argue that due to the limited pub...

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Veröffentlicht in:Financial theory and practice 2008-01, Vol.32 (3), p.369-385
1. Verfasser: Duman, Anil
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The paper examines the link between educational variables and income inequality in Turkey. First, I evaluate the impact of educational level, then I move on to assess educational inequality and finally I consider educational spending by public and private sectors. I argue that due to the limited public spending on primary and secondary education and growing private spending, the spread between socio-economic groups will not be decreased significantly.
ISSN:1846-887X
1845-9757