Demand for private supplementary tutoring: Conceptual considerations, and socio-economic patterns in Hong Kong

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 611-620

  Bray, Mark ^a   Kwok, Percy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Demand; Expenditures; Hong Kong; Private supplementary tutoring

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; EXPENDITURE; PRIVATE SECTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 0142026278     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7757(03)00032-3     Document Type: Article

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