Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/67240 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 7011
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We investigate how the benefits of publicly financed higher education in Turkey are distributed among students with different socioeconomic backgrounds. We use a unique 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. However, among those who enter public universities, students from higher income and more educated families are more likely to go to universities that receive larger subsidies from the government.
Subjects: 
higher education
public finance of higher education
Turkey
JEL: 
O12
I22
I24
O15
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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