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      Higher education in turkey: subsidizing the rich or the poor?

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      Author(s)
      Caner, A.
      Okten, C.
      Date
      2013
      Source Title
      Economics of Education Review
      Print ISSN
      0272-7757
      Publisher
      Pergamon Press
      Volume
      35
      Pages
      75 - 92
      Language
      English
      Type
      Article
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      Abstract
      We investigate how the benefits of publicly financed higher education in Turkey are distributed among students with different socioeconomic backgrounds. We use a dataset from a nationally representative sample of university entrance exam takers together with data on government subsidies to public universities. We compare the characteristics of students who succeed in the exam to those who do not and those who enter public universities to those who go to private ones. Our econometric analyses based on a three-stage selection model reveal that students from wealthier and more educated families are more likely to be successful at university entrance. Unlike the findings in other countries, students who enroll in private universities come from higher income and more educated families. Among those who enter public universities, students from higher income and better educated families are more likely to go to universities that receive larger subsidies from the government.
      Keywords
      Higher education
      Public finance of higher education
      Turkey
      Econometrics
      Student
      Subsidy system
      University sector
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      http://hdl.handle.net/11693/20860
      Published Version (Please cite this version)
      http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2013.03.007
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