Private tutoring and demand for education in South Korea

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 259-296

  Kim, Sunwoong ^a   Lee, Ju Ho ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b Korea Development Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMAND ANALYSIS; EDUCATION POLICY; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; HIGHER EDUCATION; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 72649095990     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/648186     Document Type: Article

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