Effect of Mother’s Migration on the Child Education

Yıl 2022, Cilt: 4 Sayı: 2, 77 - 96, 26.04.2022

Gokce Tutunculer

https://doi.org/10.47103/bilturk.1073043

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This study investigates the effects of having a mother with migration history on children’s education in Turkey. The analysis in this study uses the Turkey Demographic and Health Survey (TDHS) for the year 2008. In order to explore the relationship between a mother’s migration background and the education of her children, a standard OLS equation is estimated as a starting point. However, the migration decisions are correlated with individuals’ observed and unobserved characteristics, and this may cause biased results. Therefore an instrumental variables model is also estimated to solve potential endogeneity problem and to further explore the robustness of the results. The main finding of this chapter is that Turkish mothers’ internal migration has an effect on their children’s educational attainment. Having a migrant mother increases the probability of starting high school and to continue to post compulsory education. Another main finding relates to the econometric methodologies employed in this chapter since the results of the main interest variables are different, which highlights the importance of accounting for the selective nature of the migration.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Internal migration, Child education, OLS, IV

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