Private Tutoring Expenditures in Turkey

Tansel, Aysit; Bircan Bodur, Fatma

doi:10.2139/ssrn.560283

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Private Tutoring Expenditures in Turkey

28 Pages Posted: 2 Jul 2004

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Aysit Tansel

Middle East Technical University (METU) - Department of Economics; IZA Institute of Labor Economics; Economic Research Forum (ERF)

Fatma Bircan Bodur

Cooperative State University of Applied Sciences Stuttgart; University of Hohenheim

Date Written: August 2004

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 and the intergenerational transfers in Turkey.

Keywords: Private tutoring, education, demand for education

JEL Classification: I20, I21, I22, R20

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Tansel, Aysit and Bircan Bodur, Fatma, Private Tutoring Expenditures in Turkey (August 2004). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=560283 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.560283