TAX REVENUES AND EDUCATION EXPENDITURES
VERGİ GELİRLERİ VE EĞİTİM HARCAMALARI

Author : Berrak GÖKMEN -- Nurhayat ÇELEBİ
Number of pages : 141-164

Abstract

Even if there seems to be no close relationship between tax revenues and education expenditures at first sight, this study's goal is to underline this close relationship. In fact, there is a mutual relationship between tax revenues and education expenditures. For this reason, tax revenues come to mind when we say public revenues. When tax revenues, which have an important portion in public revenue, increase, more resources become available for education expenses. On the other hand, qualified work force that is an outcome of qualified education shall increase tax revenues. Even though education expenditures are being financed gradually by private initiatives due to neo-liberalism, the evidences show that private initiatives decrease equality of opportunities in education. The focus of this study is the role of tax incomes to meet education expenditures. In most of the developed or developing countries, especially in developed ones, education expenditures are still financed mainly by pub

Keywords

Education expenditure, Tax revenues, Turkey, OECD

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