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Economic Effects of Education Quality in Prewar Japan: An Application of Economic Methods to Education History Research

Research Project

Project/Area Number 25590060
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Economic policy
Research InstitutionKeio University

Principal Investigator

Akabayashi Hideo  慶應義塾大学, 経済学部(三田), 教授 (90296731)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 荒木 宏子  近畿大学, 経済学部, 講師 (30635131)
Research Collaborator HAYAMI Akira  
HAMANO Kiyoshi  
Project Period (FY) 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Keywords教育政策の歴史 / 経済発展論 / 教育経済学 / 日本経済史 / 学校教育統計 / 教育経済 / 教育統計
Outline of Final Research Achievements

We econometrically analyzed the effects of demographic changes due to the Spanish Influenza Pandemic on educational outcomes using historical data from Taisho era in Japan. We used several sources such as Annual Report of Ministry of Education, Middle School Survey, Death Cause Statistics, and Education Survey of New Adults. First it is found that the deaths due to the influenza and related diseases are negatively correlated with the number of children surviving at age 12 at prefecture level. Second, using the standardized test scores of math, Japanese, and civic studies measured at age 20 as dependent variables, we conducted a fixed-effect estimation controlling for birth-cohort and prefecture level unobserved characteristics. It is found that the ratio of the enrollment to applicants to middle school and the ratio of enrollment to the number of children surviving at age 12 are negatively correlated with some of the test scores at age 20, especially of math.

Report

(5 results)
  • 2016 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • 2013 Research-status Report

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Published: 2014-07-25   Modified: 2019-07-29  

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