TY - JOUR AU - OWINGS, William A. AU - KAPLAN, Leslie S. AU - PIRIM, Zafer PY - 2012/11/30 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Education as an Investment in Turkey’s Human Capital: A Work in Progress JF - Eurasian Journal of Business and Economics JA - EJBE VL - 5 IS - 10 SE - DO - UR - https://ejbe.org/index.php/EJBE/article/view/74 SP - 45-70 AB - <p>As a nation, Turkey sees education as an essential component in building its economy to world class levels. Yet school equity and teacher quality issues are preventing Turkey from fully developing its human capital. Authors discuss the concept of education as an investment in human capital, Turkey’s human capital challenges, equity practices which undermine the widespread development of Turkey’s human capital, how improving teacher quality could help remedy the situation, and recommendations to strengthen Turkey’s education as an investment in human capital.</p> ER -