Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/263535 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 15319
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper examines the determinants of private tutoring in five major Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries, Egypt, Algeria, Lebanon, Morocco, and Tunisia. The paper uses data extracted from the SAHWA Youth Survey (2016) and runs a probit model. The main findings indicate that age, receiving financial support, having educated parents, and living in urban areas increase the demand for private tutoring. Conversely, the results show that being a male student or a child of an employed mother would decrease the need for a private tutor. The empirical findings propose potential policy implications for MENA countries facing exacerbating gaps in the education system while emphasizing the challenges hindering public schools from delivering quality education.
Subjects: 
private tutoring
shadow education
youth
MENA region
probit model
JEL: 
I21
I22
I24
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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