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Effect of Private Tutoring on University Entrance Examination Performance in Turkey

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Aysit Tansel () (Department of Economics, METU)
Fatma Bircan

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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.

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Paper provided by ERC - Economic Research Center, Middle East Technical University in its series ERC Working Papers with number 0504.

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Date of creation: Jun 2005
Date of revision: Jun 2005
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Keywords: Private Tutoring; University Entrance Examination Achievement; Turkey;

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I2 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education
J10 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - General

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  3. Tansel, A., 1999. "Public-Private Employment Choice: Wage Differentials and Gender in Turkey," Papers 9913, Economic Research Forum.
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  4. Stephen V. Cameron & James J. Heckman, 1999. "The Dynamics of Educational Attainment for Blacks, Hispanics, and Whites," NBER Working Papers 7249, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  1. Tansel, Aysit & Bircan, Fatma, 2008. "Private Supplementary Tutoring in Turkey: Recent Evidence on Its Various Aspects," IZA Discussion Papers 3471, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
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  2. Gurun, Ayfer & Millimet, Daniel L., 2008. "Does Private Tutoring Payoff?," IZA Discussion Papers 3637, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
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