Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/56248 
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Year of Publication: 
2000
Series/Report no.: 
SSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance No. 395
Publisher: 
Stockholm School of Economics, The Economic Research Institute (EFI), Stockholm
Abstract: 
The motivations underlying the pursuit of college prestige in Japan presumes a labor market that rewards workers according to the quality of the college that they attended. Yet, studies that examine the relationship between college quality and earnings in Japan remain few and riddled with shortcomings. This paper examines the returns to college education among Japanese men. Using a 1995 cross-sectional data of Japanese workers, I find that college quality significantly improves earnings. My findings confirm that college quality plays a crucial role in shaping both incentives and earnings in the Japanese labor market. The paper also examines the so-called distinctive features of the Japanese labor market, and confirms the significant impact of tenure and firm-size on earnings, and the similarity in the earnings profiles between blue- and white-collar workers.
Subjects: 
human capital formation
returns to education
JEL: 
I21
J24
J31
N35
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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