Kirdar, Murat G.; Tayfur, Meltem Dayioglu; Koc, Ismet - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This paper estimates the impact of the extension of compulsory schooling in Turkey from 5 to 8 years on the marriage and fertility behavior of teenage women in Turkey using the 2008 Turkish Demographic and Health Survey. We find that the new education policy reduces the probability of marriage...