Title: The effect of schooling on income in Japan.

POPLINE Document Number: 237628

Author(s):

Sakamoto A
Chen MD

Source citation:

POPULATION RESEARCH AND POLICY REVIEW, 1992;11(3):217-32.

Abstract:

"This paper uses cross-sectional data from the 1955, 1965, and 1975 Social Stratification and Mobility Surveys to investigate the effect of schooling on personal income in the Japanese male labor force. For each survey, log-income regressions are estimated which include (in addition to controls for years of work experience) two variables to indicate educational attainment: (1) years of schooling completed, and (2) percentile ranking in the distribution of years of schooling for one's age-cohort....The results indicate that controlling for the credentialing effect of schooling significantly reduces the net effect of schooling as human capital. Regression decomposition is then used to ascertain the components of the growth in mean log-income between 1955 and 1975. The contribution of years of schooling to the increase in mean log-income across these decades is significantly reduced after controlling for the credentialing effect." (EXCERPT)

Keywords:

Japan
Educational Status
Income
Labor Force
Demographic Impact
Socioeconomic Status
Human Capital
Men
Changes
Asia, Eastern
Asia
Developed Countries
Socioeconomic Factors
Economic Factors
Human Resources
Population Dynamics
Demographic Factors
Population
Social Change