Demand for education in Turkey: A tobit analysis of private tutoring expenditures

By A. Tansel, F. Bircan. 2006

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Abstract 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 commonly referred to as “dersane” in Turkish. This study first gives an overview of private tutoring centers. Next, it examines the determinants of private tutoring expenditures in Turkey using the results of the 1994 Household Expenditure Survey. The determinants examined within a Tobit model framework include total household expenditure, education levels of parents and other household characteristics. Such analysis of the household behavior of attempting to provide better education to their children will highlight the determinants of the demand for education.

Subfields: Demography, Education

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In Demography

1. Hai-Anh H. Dang
2. Iveta Silova
3. G. Berberoğlu
4. A. Tansel
5. M. Bray

In Education

1. Hai-Anh H. Dang
2. Iveta Silova
3. G. Berberoğlu
4. A. Tansel
5. M. Bray
6. D. Bolt

Citations in the corpus

• The Determinants and Impact of Private Tutoring Classes in Vietnam. (2007, positive): “The common pattern is that richer and more educated households in urban areas spend more on private tutoring classes compared to other households in more remote areas (Ha & Harpham, 2005; Kim & Lee, 2004; Tansel & Bircan, 2006 ).”
• Private tutoring in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: policy choices and implications (2010, positive): “Similar problems have also been reported in Turkey, where centralized university entrance examinations led many students to choose private tutoring centers over mainstream school classes during the last two or three months before university entrance examinations (Tansel and Bircan 2006 ).”
• Does private tutoring increase students’ academic performance? Evidence from Turkey (2014, positive): “3 These three forms of private tutoring are reviewed in detail in Tansel and Bircan (2006, 2008) and Tansel (2013a). function of private tutoring which they see as the main solution for gaining access to a university.”
• The Growing Phenomenon of Private Tutoring (2008, neutral): “Only the study of Egypt controls for parental presence in the household, and only the study of Turkey controls for whether the mother is single.”