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| Tansel, Aysit. |
| This study investigates the determinants of school attainments of boys and girls in Turkey. Although high levels of enrollments have been achieved at the primary school level for both boys and girls in much of Turkey, substantial regional differences remain. In particular, in the Southeastern region, girls begin to drop out of school around the third grade. Only half of the primary school graduates register at the middle level. Thus, the purpose of this study is to examine the determinants of educational attainments at the primary, middle and high school levels. Attainments of boys and girls are examined separately so as to shed light on the causes for the significantly lower level of attainment for girls. Understanding the constraints causing the large... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: School attainments; Gender; Turkey; Labor and Human Capital; I21; J16. |
| Ano: 1998 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28519 |
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| Tansel, Aysit. |
| There is no evidence on the extent of public versus private wage differentials in Turkey. The main objective of this paper is to examine the factors which explain the employment choice and the wage differentials in the public administration, state owned enterprises and the formal private wage sector in Turkey. Selectivity corrected wage equations are estimated for each sector for men and women separately. Oaxaca decomposition of the wage differentials between sectors for men and women are carried out. For this purpose, results of the 1994 Household Expenditure Survey Conducted by the State Institute of Statistics are used. The results indicate that when controlled for observed characteristics and sample selection, for men, public administration wages are... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Public-private wages; Gender; Turkey; Labor and Human Capital; J31; J45; J16. |
| Ano: 1999 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28377 |
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