The Effect of Education Expenditure on Economic Growth: The Case of Turkey

By M. Mercan, S. Sezer. 2014

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Abstract The relationship between education expenses and economic growth is among the practical studies attracting high interest in Economics literature. In this study, a positive relationship between education expenses and economic growth was found in the Turkish economy for the period 1970-2012. Thus it appeared that education expenses in Turkey had a positive effect on economic growth positively. A greater allocation of resources on education expenses could make the Turkish economy more dynamic.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics

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Citations in the corpus

• The Impact of Higher Education on Economic Growth in ASEAN-5 Countries (2021, methodology): “Likewise, using the same model, Merca and Sezer [11] studied the impact of education expenditure on the economic growth of Turkey and found that education expenses contribute a positive and significant effect to economic growth.”
• Road infrastructure development and economic growth (2019, methodology): “Empirical scientific evidence suggested that the investment in education is essential in accumulating human capital required to facilitate and sustain higher economic growth [17-18].”