 The effect of free Tuition in private High schools on the High school dropout rateSoma Nomoto Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 2024, vol. 72, issue C Abstract: This study investigates the causal effect of school vouchers on high school dropout behavior. In 2010, the Japanese government began offering free tuition for public high schools and financial support for students attending private high schools in response to the international movement toward free education and dramatic changes in the government. Since then, approximately half of all prefectures have made private high schools tuition free by 2019 under certain income restrictions. We use this variation to examine the preventive effect of the free tuition policy on student dropout behaviors. By analyzing prefecture-level panel data and performing difference-in-differences analysis, this study finds that the policy is effective in reducing dropouts. However, we find no statistically significant change in the college enrollment and employment rates of high school graduates before and after policy implementation. Keywords: School voucher; High school dropout; Japanese education policy; Tuition support; Difference-in-differences (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:jjieco:v:72:y:2024:i:c:s0889158324000121 DOI: 10.1016/j.jjie.2024.101316 Access Statistics for this article Journal of the Japanese and International Economies is currently edited by Takeo Hoshi More articles in Journal of the Japanese and International Economies from Elsevier |
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