Can “Double Reduction” Policy Eliminate the Demand for Academic Private Tutoring: An Empirical Study from the Perspective of Bounded Rationality

doi:10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5560.2023.09.005

Abstract

Abstract:

In July2021, Chinese government issued the “Double Reduction” policy and started to regulate private tutoring very strictly, seeking significant reduction in its scale. Based on a nationwide parents questionnaire survey, this paper reported that parents welcomed most regulative measures but some of them still demanded academic tutoring. From semi-structured interview, it was found that some types of demand like the one for after-school care would be reduced since schools offered after-school program, but others might not be easily cut down. The new policy had few substantial impacts on students’ educational growth path. Therefore, parents chose to continue their demand for tutoring out of bounded rationality as a strategy to assist their children’s education career. Some demands had turned to underground market because of limited supply under regulations, whose price went up but quality might be unsatisfactory. Finally, the paper concluded with implications for regulating private tutoring effectively with a focus on demand side.

Key words: “Double Reduction” policy, private supplementary tutoring, bounded rationality, demand, utility

Junyan Liu. Can “Double Reduction” Policy Eliminate the Demand for Academic Private Tutoring: An Empirical Study from the Perspective of Bounded Rationality[J]. Journal of East China Normal University(Educational Sciences), 2023, 41(9): 71-84.

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分类		百分比	分类		百分比
年级	1年级	10.8	地区	省会城市	40.0
	2年级	10.0		地级市	10.9
	3年级	14.2		县级市	31.2
	4年级	14.6		乡村	17.9
	5年级	15.2	家长受教育程度	初中及以下	9.3
	6年级	8.0		高中或中专	15.9
	7年级	10.1		大专	20.9
	8年级	7.3		本科	39.2
	9年级	9.9		研究生	14.8
学校类型	公办	81.0	样本量	3633人
	民办	15.4
	国际	3.6

家长		占比（%）	卡方检验
总体		35.4	/
年级	1-3年级	34.4	.001^**
	4-6年级	36.7
	7-9年级	40.6
区域	省会城市	39.3	.000^***
	地级市	33.0
	县级市	29.6
	农村	22.5
家长受教育程度	初中及以下	19.3	.000^***
	高中或中专	23.4
	大专	28.9
	本科	44.0
	研究生	45.1
近半年的校外培训经历	学科类培训	39.2	.000^***
	非学科类培训	21.7
	学科类和非学科类培训	51.4
	没有校外培训	16.5

		继续或新增学科类培训班			秘密寻求学科类培训服务
		继续现有(%)	新报更多(%)	卡方检验	比例	卡方检验
总体		28.2	9.5	/	14.6	/
年级	1-3年级	28.1	10.7	.058	15.0	.209
	4-6年级	30.6	8.6		13.3
	7-9年级	31.3	9.1		15.8
区域	省会城市	31.8	10.4	.000^***	17.3	.000^***
	地级市	26.1	9.0		14.4
	县级市	22.1	9.6		11.1
	农村	21.8	5.4		6.3
家长受教育程度	初中及以下	11.3	5.0	.000^***	3.9	.000^***
家长受教育程度	高中或中专	20.2	5.4	.000^***	5.9	.000^***
家长受教育程度	大专	24.0	6.9	.000^***	9.0	.000^***
	本科	33.9	10.7		19.1
	研究生	38.4	17.2		26.9
近半年的校外培训经历	学科类培训	31.5	9.4	.000^***	18.0	.000^***
	非学科类培训	25.6	8.6		6.4
	学科类和非学科类培训	41.7	14.9		23.2
	没有校外培训	/	/		2.9

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