This study investigates the determinants of school attainments of boys and girls in Turkey. Although high levels of enrollement 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...

Issues relating to self employment in developed and developing countries alike have been attracting the attention of researchers recently. This paper examines several aspects of self and wage employment in Turkey. For this purpose, individual level data from the April and October rounds of the...

This is a theoretical study of human-capital accumulation, where parental, as well as public investments are essential. Policy influence rich and poor parents differently when they make educational decisions. Rich parents allocate resources efficiently between physical bequests and educational...

The main objective of this paper is to provide evidence on the extent of the wage differential between general and vocationnal high school graduates who do not go on to higher education.

This paper provides new estimates of the medium and long-term impacts of Head Start on the health and behavioral problems of its participants. We identify these impacts using discontinuities in the probability of participation induced by program eligibility rules. Our strategy allows us to...

This paper provides new estimates of the medium and long-term impacts of Head Start on the health and behavioral problems of its participants. We identify these impacts using discontinuities in the probability of participation induced by program eligibility rules. Our strategy allows us to...

Results from this cross-country study indicate that there are no simple patterns in how investment in schooling in the MENA countries differs from international experience. The regression results for 1965 and for 1994 show a wide diversity in enrollments at the primary and secondary school...

In this paper, the determinants of school participation and child labor in Egypt of 6 - 14 year old children are studied at the household level, using micro data from the October 1988 LFSS. Three main logit regression analyses were conducted: the likelihood of a child being enrolled in school,...

The private internal rate of return (IRR) for education levels of the household heads in the city of Isfahan in 1992 is estimated. The subjects for this study are a sample of household heads from cross-sectional data. An earnings regression equation along with discounting techniques is employed....

The main objective of this paper is to provide evidence on the extent of the wage differential between general and vocational high school graduates who do not go on to higher education. School selection is modeled with a three-way multinominal logit model. Selectivity corrected wage equations...