Determinants of public education spending in the Turkish provinces
Education and Science, cilt.51, sa.224 (2025), ss.279-297, 2025 (SSCI)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 51 Sayı: 224 (2025)
- Basım Tarihi: 2025
- Dergi Adı: Education and Science
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.279-297
- Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
- Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
The effective provision of public
education service delivery is very important for all
countries. It is especially important for Türkiye as the country faces a
possibility of getting stuck in the middle-income trap. The
country spends a
large sum of
budgetary
resources on public education.
However, the determination
of the resource envelope at the
provincial level does not take local socio-economic and demographic
dynamics into account.
We analyze the determinants of public
education spending at the provincial level for the period of 2008-2021. Our findings
suggest that the economic composition
of provinces together
with the student-teacher ratio and enrollment
rate influence the
resource needs for
education services.
However, there is
a discrepancy between primary and secondary education
in terms of
student-teacher
ratio and enrollment rate
as they influence
the outcome in
different directions.