Family Background and Economic Outcomes in Japan

• Main Author: YAMADA, Ken
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2011
• Subjects: sibling composition; family background; intergenerational mobility; family formation; assortative mating; Asian Studies; Demography, Population, and Ecology; Labor Economics
• 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
• Institution: Singapore Management University

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...