Differentiated demand for private supplementary tutoring: Patterns and implications in Hong Kong secondary education

A growing number of students around the world receive private tutoring in academic subjects. Such tutoring is widely called shadow education because it mimics regular schooling as the school sector grows, so does the shadow; and as the curriculum in the school changes, so does the curriculum in the shadow. Private tutoring has long been a significant phenomenon in East Asia, but has not received adequate research attention.

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Bray, Mark ; Zhan, Shengli ; Lykins, Chad ; Wang, Dan ; Kwo, Ora
Published in:	Economics of Education Review. - Elsevier, ISSN 0272-7757. - Vol. 38.2014, C, p. 24-37
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Private tutoring \| Shadow education \| Costs \| Demand for schooling \| Privatization

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Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	I21 - Analysis of Education ; I22 - Educational Finance ; i24
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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