The Impact of Gender Inequality in Education on Poverty in Turkey

In this paper, the impact of gender inequality in education on poverty is investigated. the data used in the study were taken from the 2008 household budget survey of turkish statistical institute (turkstat). logit regression method was used in the application. results illustrate that there is a less probability of poverty for the household heads those are male, literate and living in urban areas compared respectively with the household heads those are female, illiterate and living in rural areas. furthermore, the probabilities of poverty decreases when the age of the household head, female- male literacy ratio, female-male ratio of 10 years and above of schooling and female-male ratio of earners increases.