We analyze the impact of an increase in compulsory schooling policy on the gender gap in intergenerational educational persistence using the Turkish Adult Education Survey (2012). Prior to the reform there is a gender gap in the association of parents' educational attainment with their...

This paper examines the policy initiatives, taken since the 1970s, that have shaped the development of education in Pakistan, and other primary issues related to it. The paper reviews governmental policy documents alongside an analysis of the available relevant data on corresponding issues. This...