The Impact of Public Investment in Social Care Services on Employment, Gender Equality and Poverty - The Turkish Case
The report aims to show that the fiscal prioritization of Early Childhood Care and Preschool Education expansion, and hence the building of a social infrastructure of care, over, for instance, investments in physical infrastructure/construction or cash transfers, presents an enormous potential for decent job creation, particularly in the femaledominated occupations and sectors.This in turn would promote gender equality from the demand side. Moreover, if such expansion takes place in a targeted manner, it also carries the potential for effective poverty reduction through stronger income growth for households in the bottom 40% of the income distribution.
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English, Turkish
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Geographic coverage:
Europe and Central Asia
Türkiye
Subject areas:
Economic empowerment
Employment
Financial resources
Governance and national planning
Macroeconomic policies
Poverty
Unpaid work
Resource type(s):
Case studies
Research and programme
Publication year
2015
Number of pages
71