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Sheepskin effects in Japan
Bauer, Thomas K.; Dross, Patrick J.; Haisken-DeNew, John P. - 2002
Using data for the 1990's, this paper examines the role of sheepskin effects in the returns to education for Japan. Our estimations indicate that sheepskin effects explain about 50% of the total returns to schooling. We further find that sheepskin effects are only important for workers in small...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011413686
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Sheepskin Effects in Japan
Bauer, Thomas K.; Dross, Patrick J.; Haisken-DeNew, John P. - 2021
estimation results indicate that sheepskin effects explain about 50% of the total returns to schooling. We further find that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013320394
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Sheepskin Effects in Japan
Bauer, Thomas K.; Dross, Patrick J.; Haisken-DeNew, John P. - 2002
Using data for the 1990?s, this paper examines the role of sheepskin effects in the returns to education for Japan. Our estimations indicate that sheepskin effects explain about 50% of the total returns to schooling. We further find that sheepskin effects are only important for workers in small...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262629
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Sheepskin Effects in Japan
Bauer, Thomas K.; Dross, Patrick J.; Haisken-DeNew, John P. - 2003
.Our estimation results indicate that sheepskin effects explain about 50%of the total returns to schooling.We further find that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261010
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Marginal returns to schooling and sducation policy change in Japan
Kikuchi, Nobuyoshi - 2017
-relevant instruments allows for estimation of the marginal effects for individuals who are induced to enroll in university by policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011628420
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Education and Later-life Mortality : Evidence from a School Reform in Japan
Masuda, Kazuya; Shigeoka, Hitoshi - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We examine the mortality effects of a 1947 school reform in Japan, which extended compulsory schooling from primary to secondary school by as much as 3 years. The abolition of secondary school fees also indicates that those affected by the reform likely came from disadvantaged families who could...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014322859
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Parents' educational background, subjects "good-at" in school and income : an empirical study
Hirata, Junichi; Nishimura, Kazuo; Urasaka, Junko; … - In: The Japanese economic review : the journal of the … 57 (2006) 4, pp. 533-546
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003395773
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Effect of reducing cost sharing for outpatient care on children's inpatient services in Japan
Kato, Hirotaka; Goto, Rei - In: Health economics review 7 (2017) 28, pp. 1-10
substitutes in low-income areas but complements in high-income ones. Although the subsidy for children’s healthcare would increase … children’s outpatient services in Japan. Methods: Data were extracted from the Japanese Diagnosis Procedure Combination … hospital admissions, although this effect varies by region. The subsidy reduces the number of overall admissions in low-income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011763303
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Maternal stress and birth outcomes : evidence from an unexpected earthquake swarm
Menclova, Andrea Kutinova; Stillman, Steven - 2019
We examine the impact of a major earthquake that unexpectedly affected the Canterbury region of New Zealand on a wide-range of birth outcomes, including birth weight, gestational age and an indicator of general newborn health. We control for observed and unobserved differences between pregnant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012119584
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Early Childhood Conditions and Mortality : Evidence from Japanese American Internment
Saavedra, Martin Hugo - 2013
Using War Relocation Authority records linked to the Social Security Death Index, I investigate whether the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII affected the life spans of male internees who were incarcerated during early childhood. Using un-interned Japanese Hawaiians as a control...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014177355