2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

The Effect of Job Training Programs at a Juvenile Correctional Facility in Japan

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23530288
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Research Field	Applied economics
Research Institution	Keio University
Principal Investigator	WADA Kenji 慶應義塾大学, 商学部, 教授 (30317325)
Project Period (FY)	2011 – 2013
Keywords	職業訓練 / 少年刑務所 / 犯罪 / 再入確率 / probit / propensity score
Research Abstract	In this paper, we considered the effect of job training program at a Kawagoe Juvenile Correctional Facility in Japan on the re-enty ratio within five years after release. We have investigated 1) the sample statistics of relation between the characteristics of inmates and the re-entry ratio, 2) the relation between the characteristcis of inmates and the job training participation by Probit analysis, 3) the relation between the characteristics of inmates and the re-entry ratio by Probit analysis, 4) the effect of job training program on the re-entry ratio by Propensity Score method and 5) for each of the characteristics, the effect of job training program on the re-entry ration. Our main result is that inmates who joined any job training program have a statistically lower re-entry ratio so that the job training programs are effective in preventing future crimes.

[Remarks] Wada, et al. (2012),"The Effect of Job Training Programs at a Juvenile Correctional Facility in Japan", Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School, Working Paper Series, No.303
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