Women's education: Harbinger of another spring? Evidence from a natural experiment in Turkey

World Development

Volumn 64, Issue , 2014, Pages 243-258

  Dinçer, Mehmet Alper ^a   Kaushal, Neeraj ^b,c   Grossman, Michael ^c,d  

^a SABANCI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Columbia University School of Social Work ^*  (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Education and economic development; Education and inequality; Health; Marriage and fertility; Middle East; Turkey

Indexed keywords

CHILD MORTALITY; EDUCATION POLICY; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; EMPOWERMENT; FERTILITY; GENDER DISPARITY; MARRIAGE; PREGNANCY; WOMENS HEALTH; WOMENS STATUS;

TURKEY;

EID: 84903701409     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.06.010     Document Type: Article

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