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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/10011527572
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Intergenerational education mobility and the level of development : evidence from Turkey
Aydemir, Abdurrahman; Yazıcı, Hakkı - 2017 - This version: November 2017
This paper empirically investigates whether emigrants from MENA countries self-select on cultural traits such as religiosity and gender-egalitarian attitudes. To do so, we use Gallup World Poll data on individual opinions and beliefs, migration aspirations, short-run migration plans, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011761058
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Intergenerational education mobility and the level of development : evidence from Turkey
Aydemir, Abdurrahman; Yazici, Hakki - 2017
characterization of education mobility in Turkey at the national level, including a three-generation mobility analysis. We find that … the education mobility is significantly lower in Turkey compared to developed economies. Second, by exploiting large … regional variation in the level of economic development across Turkey, we find that intergenerational education persistence is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011763903
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Does secular education impact religiosity, electoral participation and the propensity to vote for Islamic parties? : evidence from an education reform in a Muslim country
Cesur, Resul; Mocan, Naci - 2014
Using a unique survey of adults in Turkey, we find that an increase in educational attainment, due to an exogenous …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010257344
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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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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
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012101614
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Determinants of private tutoring demand in rural india
Agrawal, Ankush; Gupta, Parul; Mondal, Debasis - In: The journal of development studies 60 (2024) 1, pp. 83-107
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014450297