Family Background and Economic Outcomes in Japan
There has been increasing concern about the influence of elements of family background on children’s future outcomes in Japan. This paper empirically examines the long-term impact of family background, including sibling composition and parental attributes, and reveals how these elements of Japanese...
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Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
2011
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| Online Access: | https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/1246 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soe_research/article/2245/viewcontent/Family_Background_and_Economic_Outcomes_in_Japan.pdf |
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| Institution: | Singapore Management University |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | There has been increasing concern about the influence of elements of family background on children’s future outcomes in Japan. This paper empirically examines the long-term impact of family background, including sibling composition and parental attributes, and reveals how these elements of Japanese women’s family backgrounds affect their educational attainment and investment, labor market outcomes, family formation, and spousal characteristics. |
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