The role of social trust in reducing long-term truancy and forming human capital in Japan

This paper attempts to examine how social trust influences human capital formation using prefectural level data in Japan. To this end, I constructed a proxy for social trust, based on the Japanese General Social Surveys. After controlling for socioeconomic factors, I found that social trust plays an important role in reducing the rate of long-term truancy in primary and junior high school. Results suggest that social trust improves educational quality.

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Year of publication:	2010-11-01
Authors:	Yamamura, Eiji
Institutions:	Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Subject:	human capital \| educational economics \| economic impact

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	MPRA Paper.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Classification:	I21 - Analysis of Education ; Z13 - Social Norms and Social Capital
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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