How the education affects female labor force? Empirical evidence from Turkey

Abstract

This article investigates the major issues of females in Turkey and the characteristics required of school improvement with many educational reforms they have faced from the perspectives of women. It is a brief overview of the field of human capital theory. This is followed by explaining datas used to construct Time-series with variables provided. Results indicated that increasing the education of women can be considered to related to decreasing fertility and mortality rates while has a positive effect on female employment and their literacy. Additionally educated women were said to increase their problem solving life skills flexibility and openmindness. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.