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Private School Usage in Australia 1975 - 2010: Evidence from the Household Expenditure Surveys

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  • Tue Gorgens
  • Chris Ryan
  • Guochang Zhao

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The use of private schools in Australia has increased greatly. This paper shows that most of the growth has been concentrated in using low-fee schools, while the growth in using high-fee schools has been modest. Furthermore, the increase has occurred for both two-parent and single-parent households and for households at all income levels. However, increasing income and changes household composition can account only for a small part of the trend.

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  • Tue Gorgens & Chris Ryan & Guochang Zhao, 2018. "Private School Usage in Australia 1975 - 2010: Evidence from the Household Expenditure Surveys," ANU Working Papers in Economics and Econometrics 2018-664, Australian National University, College of Business and Economics, School of Economics.
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    1. Tue Gørgens & Chris Ryan & Guochang Zhao, 2020. "Private School Usage in Australia 1975–2010: Evidence from the Household Expenditure Surveys," Australian Economic Review, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, vol. 53(2), pages 198-213, June.

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