Education Indicators That Determine Welfare Level: EU Countries and Turkey

Authors : Gonca Yüzbaşı

Pages : 52-61

Doi:10.16951/trendbusecon.1479660

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Publication Date : 2025-01-08

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Today, the concept of economy both expresses quantitative data ant includes factors that cannot be expressed in numbers. Economy and welfare indicators are now considered together. Education is one of the main determinants of both concepts. This study examines educational indicators that distinguish welfare states and non-welfare states by applying decision trees that are data mining techniques. Values of welfare index of EU countries and Turkey and its thirteen education indicators were used for the period of 2016-2020. Findings suggest that doctorate graduate indicator is the most important variable which discriminates welfare states and non-welfare states.
Keywords : Refah, Yükseköğretim, Karar Ağaçları, Veri Madenciliği, Eğitim