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Private tutoring and the question of equitable opportunities in Turkey
Tansel, Aysıt - 2013
This paper focuses on the implications of private tutoring in Turkey for questions of equity regarding the provision of … to the two national selection examinations in Turkey are also discussed. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011445868
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Does Private Tutoring Increase Students' Academic Performance? Evidence from Turkey
Berberoglu, Giray; Tansel, Aysit - 2014
This paper investigates the effectiveness of private tutoring in Turkey. The authors introduce their study by providing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010398315
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Private Tutoring and the Question of Equitable Opportunities in Turkey
Tansel, Aysit - 2013
This paper focuses on the implications of private tutoring in Turkey for questions of equity regarding the provision of … to the two national selection examinations in Turkey are also discussed. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010500236
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Private tutoring and the question of equitable opportunities in Turkey
Tansel, Aysit - 2012
This paper focuses on the implications of private tutoring in Turkey for questions of equity regarding the provision of … to the two national selection examinations in Turkey are also discussed. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287646
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Private Tutoring Expenditures in Turkey
Tansel, Aysıt; Bircan, Fatma - 2004
This is the first study on private tutoring in Turkey. Private tutoring especially for the purpose of preparing for the … competitive university entrance examination is an important, widespread phenomenon in Turkey. Private tutoring centers are … the determinants of private tutoring expenditures in Turkey using the results of the 1994 Household Expenditure Survey …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010322096
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Education policy in South Korea: A contemporary model of human capital accumulation?
Hultberg, Patrik; Calonge, David Santandreu; Kim, Seong-Hee - In: Cogent Economics & Finance 5 (2017) 1, pp. 1-16
We argue that South Korean families with children are today overinvesting in the level of education due to their high levels of expenditures on private after-school tutoring programs. This situation has evolved due to a combination of factors: a changing labor market, increasing housing and debt...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011988803
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Providing Public School Education in Developing Countries: A Theoretical Analysis
Biswal, Bagala P. - 1993
Provision of universal free public education has been argued for in the literature on equity ground. This paper develops a new model of public school education and demonstrates how the presence of private tutoring in developing countries, compromises the above argument. The teachers, by shirking...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011940552
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Private Tutoring Expenditures in Turkey
Tansel, Aysit; Bircan, Fatma - 2004
This is the first study on private tutoring in Turkey. Private tutoring especially for the purpose of preparing for the … competitive university entrance examination is an important, widespread phenomenon in Turkey. Private tutoring centers are … the determinants of private tutoring expenditures in Turkey using the results of the 1994 Household Expenditure Survey …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262007
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Private supplementary tutoring in Turkey: recent evidence on its various aspects
Tansel, Aysit; Bircan, Fatma - 2008
This paper first describes the educational system in Turkey an the two national examinations for advancing upper levels …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268533
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Illusion of gender parity in education: Intrahousehold resource allocation in Bangladesh
Xu, Sijia; Shonchoy, Abu; Fujii, Tomoki - 2019
One of the targets of the Millennium Development Goals−gender parity in all levels of education−is widely considered to have been attained. However, measuring gender parity only through school enrollment is misleading, as girls may lag behind boys in other educational measures. We investigate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012254986