Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Tezin Türü: Yüksek Lisans
Tezin Yürütüldüğü Kurum: Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi, İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi, İktisat Bölümü, Türkiye
Tezin Onay Tarihi: 2017
Tezin Dili: İngilizce
Öğrenci: Pınar Tat
Danışman: MELTEM DAYIOĞLU TAYFUR
Özet:This study examines the effects of father’s death on child’s educational life in Turkey and attempts to reveal whether or not death faced in school age time is more detrimental than death faced in pre-school ages by using the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS, 2013). The results show that for boys, father’s death can decrease the 8th grade completion rate by 5.5 percentage points. The ratio increases to 28 percentage points for the 12th grade completion rate. The same signifcant effcet is observed for boys. In addition, there is not any meaningful effect of father’s death on leaving home decision. In the second part of this thesis, the intergenerational educational mobility in Turkey across the three female generations is examined. The results show that educational inequality coming from the channel of parents’ education has diminished over time. The results are promising since the effect of fathers’ education which proxies for higher income in the family has diminished over time. The same thing is valid for the 5th and 8th grade, but, in the 12th grade completion rate, mothers’ education becomes more effective in the second generation than the first generation. Hence, we can conclude that girls should be motivated by mothers in order to obtain higher degrees. In this context, special social policies for orphans and policies which aim at decreasing inequality of opportunity for girls should be designed.