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Gender effects of education on economic development in Turkey

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Purpose – This study is concerned with the separate output effects of female and male education, as
well as output effects of the educational gender gap. Several recent empirical studies have examined the
gender effects of education on economic growth or on output level using the much exploited, familiar
cross-country data. This paper aims to undertake a similar study of the gender effects of education on
economic growth using a panel data across the provinces of Turkey for the period 1975-2000.
Design/methodology/approach – The theoretical basis of the estimating equations is the
neoclassical growth model augmented to include separate female and male education capital and health
capital variables. The methodology the authors use includes robust regression on pooled panel data
controlling for regional and time effects. The results are found to be robust to a number of sensitivity
analyses, such as elimination of outlier observations, controls for simultaneity and measurement errors,
controls for omitted variables by including regional dummy variables, steady-state versus growth
equations and different samples of developed and less-developed provinces of Turkey.
Findings – The main findings indicate that female education positively and significantly affects the
steady-state level of labor productivity, while the effect of male education is in general either positive
or insignificant. Separate examination of the effect of educational gender gap was to reduce output.
Originality/value – As evident in the literature, there is controversy surrounding the gender effects
of education on growth. This paper provides new evidence on this issue from the perspective of a
single country rather than a cross-country viewpoint.

Keywords Education, Economic development, Turkey, Gender, Labor productivity

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Journal of Economic Studies

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: Emerald Group., 2013

Deskripsi Fisik

Journal of Economic Studies Vol. 40 No. 6, 2013 pp. 794-821

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English

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