This paper estimates private and social returns to investment in education in Turkey, using the 2017 Household Labor … Force Survey and alternative methodologies. The analysis uses the 1997 education reform of increasing compulsory education … by three years as an instrument. This results in a private rate of return on the order of 16 percent for higher education …

signaling value of education accompanied by more overeducation particularly among upperclass offspring. We identify five … extensive (employment) margin. • The earnings premium has increased more when education is measured as years corresponding to …

This paper explores students' expectations about the returns to completing higher education and provides first evidence … stages of higher education. Our findings indicate substantial perceived returns to higher education. Moreover, by exploiting … education premia as well as evidence consistent with employer learning. …

The literature on workplace learning in secondary education has mainly focussed on vocational education programmes. In … this study, we examine the impact of internship experience in secondary education on a student's schooling and early labour … sequential outcomes by means of a dynamic discrete choice model. In line with the literature on vocational education programmes …

This paper investigates the male wage inequality and its evolution over the 1994-2002 period in Turkey by estimating … Mincerian wage equations using OLS and quantile regression techniques. Male wage inequality is high in Turkey. While it declined … at the lower end of the wage distribution it increased at the top end of wage distribution. Education contributed to …

This paper investigates the male wage inequality and its evolution over the 1994-2002 period in Turkey by estimating … Mincerian wage equations using OLS and quantile regression techniques. Male wage inequality is high in Turkey. While it declined … at the lower end of the wage distribution it increased at the top end of wage distribution. Education contributed to …

This paper analyzes the relationship between higher education and body weight and smoking behavior among women in … Turkey. We exploit the largely exogenous and substantial increase in the openings of universities throughout Turkey. Based on ….73 to 1.1 percentage points. Both results contrast with previous findings for Turkey and other countries, likely denoting …

Community colleges have long been recognized for their potential in providing access to post-secondary education for … years ago. In the meantime, the market for higher education has changed drastically, and the Great Recession and economy of … the evidence on the employment and earnings effects of community college education. I study the experiences of the …

This study examines the impact of enrolling into dual apprenticeship programs in secondary education on six early … education framework – the effects of two distinct types of dual programs that combine part-time school- or training centre …

Grade-based performance measures are often relied on when considering the efficacy of education-related policy …