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Human capital and sorting models reconsidered

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  • Tolga YURET

    (Koc Universitesi)

Abstract

Turkey changed its compulsory attendance law in the 1997-1998 academic year. The requirement increased from five to eight years of primary education. After the law change, there is an abrupt increase in the high school enrollment rate. This is despite the fact that the law does not cover high school education. By using the 2003 household budget survey and differences in differences methodology, we find that a typical student is 3.2 percent more likely to have high school education if he is subject to the new law. Moreover, the largest increase in the likelihood of having high school education is attained by the students who have the weakest socioeconomic background. These findings are consistent with the standard sorting model but contrast the standard human capital model.

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  • Tolga YURET, 2010. "Human capital and sorting models reconsidered," Iktisat Isletme ve Finans, Bilgesel Yayincilik, vol. 25(295), pages 73-90.
    • Handle: RePEc:iif:iifjrn:v:25:y:2010:i:295:p:73-90
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    1. Murat G. Kırdar & Meltem Dayıoğlu & İsmet Koç, 2018. "The Effects of Compulsory-Schooling Laws on Teenage Marriage and Births in Turkey," Journal of Human Capital, University of Chicago Press, vol. 12(4), pages 640-668.
    2. Djavad Salehi-Isfahani & Insan Tunali & Ragui Assaad, 2009. "A Comparative Study of Returns to Education of Urban Men in Egypt, Iran, and Turkey," Middle East Development Journal, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 1(2), pages 145-187, January.
    3. Djavad Salehi-Isfahani & Insan Tunali & Ragui Assaad, 2009. "A Comparative Study Of Returns To Education Of Urban Men In Egypt, Iran, And Turkey," Middle East Development Journal (MEDJ), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 1(02), pages 145-187.
    4. Murat G. Kırdar & Meltem Dayıoğlu & İsmet Koç, 2016. "Does Longer Compulsory Education Equalize Schooling by Gender and Rural/Urban Residence?," The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank, vol. 30(3), pages 549-579.

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    Keywords

    Human Capital Model; Sorting Model; Compulsory Attendance Law; Enrollment Rates;
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    JEL classification:

    • I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity

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