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The economic dimensions of education have gained importance since 1960’s. The significant componenets of the human capital is education. The effects of the human capital on economic growth within the endogeneous growth models have come into prominence also. The well educated and qualified labor force are the fundamentals of the human capital.The physical capital is not sufficient for the growth and development of a country. The usage of the physical capital and participating into production process are possible with qualified labor force. For qualified labor force education is necessary. Education is one of the most important factor for developing of a country. Therefore the allocation of the expenditures on education is significant. The education expenditures have taken an important place within the public expenditures. The purpose of this study is to test empirically the effects of the education expenditures on economic growth in Turkey in 1980-2020 period. In the analysis the eduacation expenditures (EDC) is independent variable, the indicator of economic growth per capita GDP is dependent variable. The results of the empirical analysis show there is a relation from eduacation expenditures to economic growth.

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