Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/33582 
Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 1609
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
There is an excess demand for university education in Turkey. Highly competitive university entrance examination which rations the available places at university programs is very central to the lives of young people. In order to increase the chances of success of their children in the university entrance examination parents spend large sums of money on private tutoring (dersane) of their children. In this study, we investigate the factors that determine participation in private tutoring and the effect of private tutoring on getting placed at a university program. We further examine the impact of private tutoring on the scores of the applicants in the university entrance examination. The results indicate that controlling for other factors those students who receive private tutoring perform better in the university entrance examination.
Subjects: 
private tutoring
university entrance examination achievement
Turkey
JEL: 
I2
J10
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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