Impact of the Financial Support Program for High School Students in Japan

Adachi, Yoshimi and Kitamura, Tomoki (2021): Impact of the Financial Support Program for High School Students in Japan.

Abstract

This study examines the Japanese government’s financial support program that began providing educational cost relief to high school students in 2010. The program has since been providing partial support for private high school tuition, depending on household income. Our results indicate that this financial support program overall has an insignificant impact on education-related expenditures, while we have some marginal evidence of educational cost reduction depending on the specifications.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Educational financial aid, High School Tuition Support Fund Program in Japan, Education related expenditure, Private high school choice
• Subjects: A - General Economics and Teaching > A2 - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics > A21 - Pre-college; D - Microeconomics > D1 - Household Behavior and Family Economics > D12 - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis; D - Microeconomics > D4 - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design

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