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Do women go to university when it is established in a region where they live?: Case of massive reforms of two-year colleges in Japan

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17K03778
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Public finance/Public economy
Research InstitutionHosei University

Principal Investigator

Sakai Tadashi  法政大学, 比較経済研究所, 教授 (00425761)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 三好 向洋  愛知学院大学, 経済学部, 講師 (10636244)
荒木 宏子  慶應義塾大学, 経済学部(三田), 訪問研究員 (30635131)
Project Period (FY) 2017-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Keywords短期大学 / 四大化 / 全国大学一覧 / 学校基本調査 / 定員割れ / 進学者の質 / 教育経済学
Outline of Final Research Achievements

In Japan, the number of two-year colleges, most of which are women's colleges, has dropped by over 40% since the mid-1990s. Many of the abolished colleges have been reformed into four-year colleges. In this study, we considered the implication of this massive change in supply of higher education on women's decision of going to college. Our results of the analysis based on Japanese Panel Survey of Consumers indicate that the reforms of local two-year colleges into four-year colleges led to a decrease in the probability of women's enrollments in two-year colleges but did not cause a significant increase in the probability of women's enrollments in four-year colleges. This implies that, in association with the reform, some of female high-school students gave up receiving higher education in a region where they were living.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

経営難に陥った短大がその打開策として四大化することが多かったことが指摘される一方で、短大が四大化しても必ずしも学生募集に成功するわけではないことは逸話的には言われていた。地域における短大の入学定員数の減少は短大入学確率に負の影響を与える一方で、地域の四大の入学定員数の増加は大学入学確率に影響していないという本分析の結果は、地域のニーズに応じた高等教育機会の提供の重要性を示唆する。

Report

(7 results)
  • 2022 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (4 results)

All 2021 2020 2017

All Journal Article (1 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results) Presentation (3 results) (of which Invited: 2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Do Children's Allowances Motivate Them to Study Harder? Empirical Evidence from Japanese University Students2017

    • Author(s)
      荒木宏子
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Behavioral Economics and Finance

      Volume: 10 Issue: 0 Pages: 7-21

    • DOI

      10.11167/jbef.10.7

    • NAID

      130006052210

    • ISSN
      2185-3568
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Do women go to university when it is established in a region where they live?: Case of massive reforms of two-year colleges in Japan2021

    • Author(s)
      酒井正
    • Organizer
      関西労働研究会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Do women go to university when it is established in a region where they live? Case of massive reforms of two-year colleges in Japan2020

    • Author(s)
      酒井正
    • Organizer
      中央大学オンライン・セミナー
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Do women go to university when it is established in a region where they live? Case of massive reforms of two-year colleges in Japan2020

    • Author(s)
      酒井正
    • Organizer
      東京労働経済学研究会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Invited

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Published: 2017-04-28   Modified: 2024-01-30  

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