Maternal education and childhood immunization in Turkey

Mustafa Özer; Jan Fidrmuc; Mehmet Ali Eryurt

doi:10.1002/hec.3770

Maternal education and childhood immunization in Turkey

Mustafa Özer
, Jan Fidrmuc
, Mehmet Ali Eryurt

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We study the causal effect of maternal education on childhood immunization rates. We use the Compulsory Education Law of 1997, and the differentiation in its implementation across regions, as instruments for schooling of young mothers in Turkey. The Compulsory Education Law 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 diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus and Hepatitis B vaccinations for their children. The results are robust to variations in regression specification and including various individual and community variables.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1218-1229
Number of pages	12
Journal	Health Economics
Volume	27
Issue number	8
Early online date	22 May 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.3770
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2018

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Keywords

difference ‐ in ‐ difference ‐ in ‐ difference
diphtheria
pertussis
tetanus (DPT)
Hepatitis B
instrumental variable
maternal education
vaccination

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