Compensatory advantage and the use of out-of-school-time tutorials: A cross-national study. (April 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Huang, Min-Hsiung
• Is Part Of: Research in social stratification and mobility. Volume 66(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-04
• Subjects: Compensatory advantage -- Academic performance -- Out-of-school-time tutorials -- Private tutoring -- Family SES -- Problem-solving ability -- Shadow education; Social mobility -- Periodicals; Occupational mobility -- Periodicals; Social status -- Periodicals; Social conflict -- Periodicals; Social classes -- Periodicals; Mobilité sociale -- Périodiques; Mobilité professionnelle -- Périodiques; Statut social -- Périodiques; Conflits sociaux -- Périodiques; Classes sociales -- Périodiques; 305.05
• DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2020.100472
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0276-5624

Abstract

Abstract: Using data from several dozen countries, this study investigates the possibility that out-of-school-time (henceforth, OST) tutorials in academic subjects are used in a way that corresponds to theoretical predictions of the compensatory advantage model. I distinguish between fee-based and non-fee-based OST tutorials. Results suggest that fee-paying OST tutorials are used in a way that is predicted by the compensatory advantage model in many countries. This conclusion is based on the findings that low-ability children from socioeconomically advantaged families are more likely to use fee-paying OST tutorials than (a) those with a similarly low level of ability from less advantaged families, or (b) those with higher ability from similarly advantaged families. Such patterns, however, are rarely found in the use of fee-free OST tutorials.