Determinants of Private Tutoring Demand in Rural India.

Private tutoring participation is increasing in several developing countries, and this expansion has attracted the interest of scholars spanning disciplines of economics, sociology and history. This paper presents a theoretical model of private tutoring demand. The model incorporates the household a...

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Publicado en:Journal of Development Studies Vol. 60; no. 1; pp. 83 - 108
Autores principales: Agrawal, Ankush, Gupta, Parul, Mondal, Debasis
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Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd January 2024
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          Agrawal, Ankush
          Gupta, Parul
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          Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India
          Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence, Dadri, Uttar Pradesh, India
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        India
        Gender inequality
        Classroom environment
        Tutors & tutoring
        Evidence gaps
        Environmental quality
        Developing countries
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        education
        gender bias
        household bargaining
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        private tutoring
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      ab: Private tutoring participation is increasing in several developing countries, and this expansion has attracted the interest of scholars spanning disciplines of economics, sociology and history. This paper presents a theoretical model of private tutoring demand. The model incorporates the household and school characteristics in a developing country context and demonstrates the source of gender gaps in access to private tutoring. Using a recent database from India and employing a hurdle model approach, the paper also provides estimates of the drivers of private tutoring participation and spending for pre-secondary students. Our results indicate evidence of gender gaps in private tutoring access, and that the socio-economic profile of a student is positively correlated with tutoring demand. Further, school quality indicators are negatively correlated with tutoring participation, suggesting that students at 'better' schools rely less on tutoring. Overall, the findings suggest that tutoring demand is influenced by a mix of demand-side (household, community drivers) and supply-side (school quality and learning environment) factors. The results bring into focus the equity implications of tutoring growth and the need to improve school quality in order to reduce the dependence on private tutoring.
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