Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/161878 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 6439
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
We study the causal effect of maternal education on childhood immunization rates. We use the Compulsory Education Law (CEL) of 1997, and the differentiation in its implementation across regions, as instruments for schooling of young mothers in Turkey. The CEL increased the compulsory years of schooling of those born after 1986 from 5 to 8 years. We find that education of mothers increases the probability of completing the full course of DPT and Hepatitis B vaccinations for their children. Furthermore, education increases the age of first marriage and birth, changes women`s and their spouse’s labour market status, and significantly affects women`s attitude towards spousal violence against women and gender discrimination in a manner that empowers women.
Subjects: 
DPT (diphtheria
pertussis and tetanus)
Hepatitis B
maternal education
autonomy of women
fertility
difference-in-difference-in-differences
instrumental variable
JEL: 
H51
H52
I12
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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