Conference Paper
The Impact of Maternal Education on Early Childhood Development: The Case of Turkey
No.
ERF29AC_39
Publisher
ERF
Date
May, 2023
In this paper we investigate the relationship between mother’s education level and the development of young children in Turkey using representative microdata from the 2018 Turkey Demographic and Health Survey (TDHS). The data include detailed information about the developmental status of young children of 36-to-59 months old. We find that only when the mother has at least a high school level education, there is a positive impact on the child’s developmental status as summarized the Early Childhood Development (ECD) index, which is an index constructed based on the child’s four developmental domains. We also show that the household’s wealth is also positively associated with the child’s developmental status, particularly in the socio-emotional and the learning readiness domains.
Authors
Hanife A. Deniz Karaoglan
Associate Professor of Economics, Department of Economics,...
Authors
Serap Sagir
PhD Candidate, Middle East Technical University
Speakers
Sirin Saracoglu
Professor, Middle East Technical University
Research Fellows
Meltem Dayioglu Tayfur
Professor, Department of Economics, Middle East Technical...