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

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dc.citation.epage92en_US
dc.citation.spage75en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber35en_US
dc.contributor.authorCaner, A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorOkten, C.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-08T09:36:41Z
dc.date.available2016-02-08T09:36:41Z
dc.date.issued2013en_US
dc.departmentDepartment of Economicsen_US
dc.description.abstractWe 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.en_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.econedurev.2013.03.007en_US
dc.identifier.issn0272-7757
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/20860
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherPergamon Pressen_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2013.03.007en_US
dc.source.titleEconomics of Education Reviewen_US
dc.subjectHigher educationen_US
dc.subjectPublic finance of higher educationen_US
dc.subjectTurkeyen_US
dc.subjectEconometricsen_US
dc.subjectStudenten_US
dc.subjectSubsidy systemen_US
dc.subjectUniversity sectoren_US
dc.titleHigher education in turkey: subsidizing the rich or the poor?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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