Life Chances in Turkey : Expanding
            Opportunities for the Next Generation

Hentschel, Jesko; Aran, Meltem; Can, Raif; Ferreira, Francisco H.G.; Gignoux, Jeremie; Uraz, Arzu

dc.creator	Hentschel, Jesko
dc.creator	Aran, Meltem
dc.creator	Can, Raif
dc.creator	Ferreira, Francisco H.G.
dc.creator	Gignoux, Jeremie
dc.creator	Uraz, Arzu
dc.date	2012-03-19T09:35:08Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T09:35:08Z
dc.date	2010
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T20:37:36Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T20:37:36Z
dc.identifier	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333037_20100928004532
dc.identifier	978-0-8213-8400-8
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2505
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/242932
dc.description	Life chances explore the state of equality of opportunities in Turkey. It builds on the concepts and ideas presented in the World Development Report 2006: equity and development. The authors assess how today's distribution of wealth and the success of children in learning to read and write are shaped by the past, by factors predetermined at birth, factors over which today's children and families have no control: one's gender, parents' and grandparents' education, region and area of birth, or mother tongue. Some of the findings are stark, especially as they pertain to how the opportunities today's children have affect the future of the country: a girl born in a remote village to a poor family and parents with primary education degrees will very likely struggle in almost every area of her development. Compared with a boy born to well-off, highly educated parents in one of the urban centers in the country's west, that girl is four times as likely to suffer from low birth weight, one-third as likely to be immunized, and ten times as likely to have her growth stunted as a result of malnutrition. Similarly she has a one-in-five chance of completing high school, whereas the boy will likely finish school and move on to college. Life chances shows how investing in early childhood education has huge payoffs, for disadvantaged children as well as social and economic development at large. This book goes beyond tradeoffs between efficiency and equity. It shows that a focus on equity, equality of opportunities, can also lead to enhanced efficiency, once the productive capabilities of all citizens are nurtured to their fullest extent regardless of the luck of the draw at birth.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank
dc.relation	Directions in Development ; human development
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ACCESS TO FOOD
dc.subject	ACCESS TO INFORMATION
dc.subject	ACCESS TO PRESCHOOL
dc.subject	ACCESS TO PRESCHOOL EDUCATION
dc.subject	ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION
dc.subject	ADULT POPULATION
dc.subject	AGE GROUPS
dc.subject	ANTENATAL CARE
dc.subject	BABY
dc.subject	BIRTH CERTIFICATE
dc.subject	CARE DURING PREGNANCY
dc.subject	CARE OPTIONS
dc.subject	CHILD CARE
dc.subject	CHILD DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	CHILD EDUCATION
dc.subject	CHILD MORTALITY
dc.subject	CHILD MORTALITY RATES
dc.subject	CHILD PROTECTION
dc.subject	CHILD-CARE
dc.subject	CHRONIC MALNUTRITION
dc.subject	CITIZENS
dc.subject	COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	COMPLETION RATES
dc.subject	DAY CARE
dc.subject	DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subject	DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN
dc.subject	DISADVANTAGED GROUPS
dc.subject	DISCRIMINATION
dc.subject	DISSEMINATION
dc.subject	DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH
dc.subject	DROPOUT
dc.subject	EARLY CHILDHOOD
dc.subject	EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
dc.subject	EARTHQUAKE
dc.subject	ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subject	ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
dc.subject	EDUCATED MOTHERS
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
dc.subject	EFFECTIVE POLICIES
dc.subject	ENROLLMENT
dc.subject	ENROLLMENT FOR CHILDREN
dc.subject	ENROLLMENT RATE
dc.subject	ENROLLMENT RATES
dc.subject	EQUAL ACCESS
dc.subject	EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subject	EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
dc.subject	EXTENDED FAMILY
dc.subject	FAMILIES
dc.subject	FAMILY MEMBERS
dc.subject	FAMILY SUPPORT
dc.subject	FEMALE LABOR FORCE
dc.subject	FERTILITY
dc.subject	FORMAL EDUCATION
dc.subject	GAP BETWEEN GIRLS
dc.subject	GENDER DIFFERENCES
dc.subject	GIRLS
dc.subject	GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
dc.subject	GROSS ENROLLMENT
dc.subject	HEALTH CARE
dc.subject	HEALTH INSURANCE
dc.subject	HEALTH SERVICES
dc.subject	HEALTH SYSTEM
dc.subject	HEIGHT FOR AGE
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
dc.subject	HUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subject	HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	HYGIENE
dc.subject	IMMUNIZATION
dc.subject	IMMUNIZATIONS
dc.subject	INADEQUATE FOOD INTAKE
dc.subject	INEQUITIES
dc.subject	INFANTS
dc.subject	INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS
dc.subject	INTERVENTION
dc.subject	INTERVENTIONS
dc.subject	IODINE
dc.subject	IODINE DEFICIENCY
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET
dc.subject	LEARNING
dc.subject	LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT
dc.subject	LEARNING MATERIALS
dc.subject	LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subject	LEARNING OUTCOMES
dc.subject	LEGAL STATUS
dc.subject	LIFE EXPECTANCY
dc.subject	LIFELONG LEARNING
dc.subject	LIVE BIRTHS
dc.subject	LIVING STANDARDS
dc.subject	LOW BIRTH WEIGHT
dc.subject	MALE PARTICIPATION
dc.subject	MARKET ECONOMY
dc.subject	MARRIED WOMEN
dc.subject	MATERNAL NUTRITION
dc.subject	MEDICAL FACILITY
dc.subject	MEDICAL TREATMENT
dc.subject	MENTAL HEALTH
dc.subject	MIGRATION
dc.subject	MINISTRY OF HEALTH
dc.subject	MORTALITY
dc.subject	MORTALITY RATE
dc.subject	MOTHER
dc.subject	MOTHER TONGUE
dc.subject	NATIONAL EDUCATION
dc.subject	NET ENROLLMENT
dc.subject	NUTRITION
dc.subject	OLD CHILDREN
dc.subject	OLD-AGE
dc.subject	PARENTING
dc.subject	PARTICIPATION RATES
dc.subject	PHYSICAL HEALTH
dc.subject	POLICY FRAMEWORK
dc.subject	POOR CHILDREN
dc.subject	POOR GIRLS
dc.subject	POPULATION GROUPS
dc.subject	POPULATION STUDIES
dc.subject	PREGNANCIES
dc.subject	PREGNANCY
dc.subject	PRESCHOOL EDUCATION
dc.subject	PRESCHOOL ENROLLMENT
dc.subject	PRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subject	PRIMARY SCHOOL
dc.subject	PRIMARY SCHOOLING
dc.subject	PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject	PROGRESS
dc.subject	PUBLIC SERVICE
dc.subject	PUBLIC SERVICES
dc.subject	QUALITY OF EDUCATION
dc.subject	QUALITY PRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subject	QUALITY SCHOOLS
dc.subject	READING
dc.subject	RESPECT
dc.subject	RETURNS TO EDUCATION
dc.subject	RISK FACTORS
dc.subject	RURAL AREAS
dc.subject	SAFETY NETS
dc.subject	SANITATION
dc.subject	SCHOOL AGE
dc.subject	SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
dc.subject	SCHOOLING
dc.subject	SCHOOLS
dc.subject	SECONDARY SCHOOL
dc.subject	SERVICE DELIVERY
dc.subject	SIBLINGS
dc.subject	SKILLED STAFF
dc.subject	SOCIAL BEHAVIOR
dc.subject	SOCIAL CONDITIONS
dc.subject	SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	SOCIAL EXPENDITURES
dc.subject	SOCIAL INDICATORS
dc.subject	SOCIAL MOBILITY
dc.subject	SOCIAL POLICIES
dc.subject	SOCIAL POLICY
dc.subject	SOCIAL SCIENCES
dc.subject	SOCIAL SECURITY
dc.subject	SOCIAL SERVICES
dc.subject	SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS
dc.subject	STATE PLANNING
dc.subject	STUDENT ASSESSMENT
dc.subject	STUNTING
dc.subject	TEENAGERS
dc.subject	TELEVISION
dc.subject	UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subject	UNIVERSAL ACCESS
dc.subject	URBAN AREAS
dc.subject	URBAN CENTERS
dc.subject	WOMAN
dc.subject	YOUNG ADULTS
dc.subject	YOUNG AGE
dc.subject	YOUNG CHILDREN
dc.subject	YOUNG GIRLS
dc.subject	YOUNG PEOPLE
dc.title	Life Chances in Turkey : Expanding Opportunities for the Next Generation
dc.type	Publications & Research
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Publication
dc.coverage	Europe and Central Asia
dc.coverage	Middle East
dc.coverage	Europe
dc.coverage	Eastern Europe
dc.coverage	Asia
dc.coverage	Turkey