The Effect of Compulsory Schooling Expansion on Mothers’ Attitudes Toward Domestic Violence in Turkey

An extensive literature examines the intergenerational spillover effects of education, but evidence on the causal effects of children's education on their parents’ outcomes is scarce. This paper estimates the spillover effects of children's schooling on their mothers’ attitudes toward dome...

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Main Authors:	Gulesci, Selim, Meyersson, Erik, Trommlerová, Sofia K.
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2021
Subjects:	INTERGENERATION SPILLOVER SPILLOVER EFFECTS OF EDUCATION COMPULSORY EDUCATION DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36719

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spelling	okr-10986-367192021-12-11T05:10:37Z The Effect of Compulsory Schooling Expansion on Mothers’ Attitudes Toward Domestic Violence in Turkey Gulesci, Selim Meyersson, Erik Trommlerová, Sofia K. INTERGENERATION SPILLOVER SPILLOVER EFFECTS OF EDUCATION COMPULSORY EDUCATION DOMESTIC VIOLENCE An extensive literature examines the intergenerational spillover effects of education, but evidence on the causal effects of children's education on their parents’ outcomes is scarce. This paper estimates the spillover effects of children's schooling on their mothers’ attitudes toward domestic violence in Turkey. To identify the causal effect of children's schooling, we take advantage of a reform that took place in Turkey in 1997 and expanded compulsory schooling from five to eight years. Using a regression discontinuity design based on monthly birth cohorts and data from the 2008 and 2013 waves of the Turkey Demographic and Health Surveys, this paper shows that mothers whose eldest daughters were exposed to higher compulsory schooling are by 12 percentage points less likely to find domestic violence justifiable, which represents a decrease by 43 percent. We find no similar effect for boys’ schooling. Our findings demonstrate that children's schooling can have impacts on their parents’ attitudes, and such effects are likely to vary by the gender of the child. 2021-12-10T15:54:05Z 2021-12-10T15:54:05Z 2020-06 Journal Article World Bank Economic Review 1564-698X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36719 CC BY-ND-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Journal Article Europe and Central Asia Middle East and North Africa Turkey
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topic	INTERGENERATION SPILLOVER SPILLOVER EFFECTS OF EDUCATION COMPULSORY EDUCATION DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
spellingShingle	INTERGENERATION SPILLOVER SPILLOVER EFFECTS OF EDUCATION COMPULSORY EDUCATION DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Gulesci, Selim Meyersson, Erik Trommlerová, Sofia K. The Effect of Compulsory Schooling Expansion on Mothers’ Attitudes Toward Domestic Violence in Turkey
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description	An extensive literature examines the intergenerational spillover effects of education, but evidence on the causal effects of children's education on their parents’ outcomes is scarce. This paper estimates the spillover effects of children's schooling on their mothers’ attitudes toward domestic violence in Turkey. To identify the causal effect of children's schooling, we take advantage of a reform that took place in Turkey in 1997 and expanded compulsory schooling from five to eight years. Using a regression discontinuity design based on monthly birth cohorts and data from the 2008 and 2013 waves of the Turkey Demographic and Health Surveys, this paper shows that mothers whose eldest daughters were exposed to higher compulsory schooling are by 12 percentage points less likely to find domestic violence justifiable, which represents a decrease by 43 percent. We find no similar effect for boys’ schooling. Our findings demonstrate that children's schooling can have impacts on their parents’ attitudes, and such effects are likely to vary by the gender of the child.
format	Journal Article
author	Gulesci, Selim Meyersson, Erik Trommlerová, Sofia K.
author_facet	Gulesci, Selim Meyersson, Erik Trommlerová, Sofia K.
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title	The Effect of Compulsory Schooling Expansion on Mothers’ Attitudes Toward Domestic Violence in Turkey
title_short	The Effect of Compulsory Schooling Expansion on Mothers’ Attitudes Toward Domestic Violence in Turkey
title_full	The Effect of Compulsory Schooling Expansion on Mothers’ Attitudes Toward Domestic Violence in Turkey
title_fullStr	The Effect of Compulsory Schooling Expansion on Mothers’ Attitudes Toward Domestic Violence in Turkey
title_full_unstemmed	The Effect of Compulsory Schooling Expansion on Mothers’ Attitudes Toward Domestic Violence in Turkey
title_sort	effect of compulsory schooling expansion on mothers’ attitudes toward domestic violence in turkey
publisher	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
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The Effect of Compulsory Schooling Expansion on Mothers’ Attitudes Toward Domestic Violence in Turkey

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