Macroeconomic conditions and child schooling in Turkey

Pinar Gunes and Beyza Ural Marchand

Labour Economics, 2020, vol. 63, issue C

Abstract: This paper examines the effects of macroeconomic shocks on child schooling in Turkey using household labor force surveys from 2005–2013. We use variation in local labor demand as an instrumental variable, particularly regional industry composition and national industry employment growth rates. The results demonstrate that child schooling is pro-cyclical in Turkey, with the most acute effects among children with less educated parents and living in rural areas. Finally, as hypothesized, we find asymmetric effects on child schooling based on skill composition of employment growth–higher unemployment among unskilled workers increases schooling, whereas higher unemployment among skilled workers decreases schooling.

Keywords: Schooling; Unemployment; Business cycles; Turkey (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J13 J24 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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Working Paper: Macroeconomic Conditions and Child Schooling in Turkey (2018)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2020.101809

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