RIHE International Publication Series No.1

Title Enrollment Expansion in Postwar Japan
Author(s) Motohisa Kaneko
Publication Date 1987 – 3
Page-Size 111
Volume 1
Contents INTRODUCTION
1.Trends of Educational Expansion
2.The Framework and Issues of Analysis
3.Plan of the Study
Chapter
I.THE DEMAND FOR EDUCATION – A THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
1.A Model of Individual Choice about Education
2.Aggregate Demand for Education
3.The Change in Demand over Time
II.ECONOMIC RETURNS TO EDUCATION IN POSTWAR JAPAN
1.Internal Rates of Return in Postwar Japan
2.Classical B/C Ratio and Its Change over Time
3.Alternative Indices of Anticipated Return
III.FACTORS OF THE CHANGES IN ENROLLMENT RATES
1.Framework of Empirical Analysis
2.Results of Time – Series Regression Analysis
3.Decomposition of the Changes in Enrollment Rates
SUMARY AND CONCLUSION
Appendix
A.ESTIMATION OF COHORT ENROLLMENT RATES
B.ESTIMATION OF WAGE-PROFILES BY EDUCATION
C.ESTIMATION OF THE DIRECT COST OF SCHOOLING
D.TIME-SERIES ECONOMIC INDICATORS
E.JAPAN – U.S. COMPARISON IN RETURNS TO EDUCATION
F.GENDER DIFFERENTIALS IN RETURNS TO EDUCATION
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