ERIC Number: EJ1471805
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 20
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-7925
EISSN: EISSN-1469-3623
Available Date: 0000-00-00
Multifaceted Regional Educational Inequality: Evidence from Türkiye
Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, v55 n4 p603-622 2025
Educational equality is a priority in sustaining economic and human development. This study examines regional educational inequality in Türkiye by considering educational attainment, income distribution, and education spending. Average years of schooling improved in all regions between 2008 and 2020. The Education Gini and Theil indexes indicate diminishing intra-regional inequality while significant inter-regional differences persist. The income Gini coefficient was unexpectedly found to be negatively correlated with equality in educational attainment for the country and three regions. The results also show the disproportionate dominance of the top income group in the distribution of education spending and the share of education in consumption expenditures. The growing gap in educational expenditures between the top and last quintiles accompanies rising educational attainment. The recent achievement in educational attainment needs to be followed by new programs that address social and spatial educational inequality in Türkiye.
Descriptors: Geographic Regions, Equal Education, Educational Attainment, Economic Development, Income, Educational Equity (Finance), Correlation, Advantaged, Social Differences, Expenditures, Foreign Countries, Elementary Secondary Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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Author Affiliations: 1Department of Management Engineering, Faculty of Management, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Türkiye; 2Department of Economics, Social Sciences Institute, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Türkiye