THE IMPACT OF THE EXTENSION OF COMPULSORY EDUCATION ON HIGH SCHOOL GRADE COMPLETION RATES IN TURKEY

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This study examines the effects of the 2012 education reform in Turkey, which extends the duration of compulsory education from eight to twelve years, on the schooling outcomes of individuals aged between 17-28. For this purpose, we utilize data from the 2018 wave of the Turkish Demographic Health Survey and adopt the Regression Discontinuity Design. We keep track of the changes in the high school attendance of individuals upon completing lower secondary education regardless of grade completion, and changes in the grade completion rates at the high school level. Moreover, the differential effect of the education reform on various subgroups is investigated. Overall, the results from the nonparametric estimation show that the reform significantly increases the fraction of individuals attending high school by 7.52% while the fraction of individuals completing grades 9, 10, 11, and 12 significantly increases by 6.30%, 4.97%, 6.57%, and 13.36% Furthermore, the education reform affects the high school outcomes of females (compared to males) and individuals born in subdistrict and village areas (compared to the individuals born in province/district center) more favorably.

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Compulsory Education, High School, Nonparametric Estimation, Regression Discontinuity Design, Turkey

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M. Yıldız, “THE IMPACT OF THE EXTENSION OF COMPULSORY EDUCATION ON HIGH SCHOOL GRADE COMPLETION RATES IN TURKEY,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2022.