日本的教育经济学:实证分析的展望和课题

Economics of Education in Japan:Positive Study's Prospects and Subjects

本文总结了迄今为止日本教育经济学中实证研究的成果 ,探讨了今后需要进一步研究的课题。本文从以下几个方面阐述了日本教育经济学的发展 ,即人力资本理论和教育收益率、劳动市场与教育、教育成果的成因分析、教育产业分析、教育需求的决定因素等 ,并比较各类研究的目的、方法、结论和政策意义。虽然以上每一方面都积累了很多研究成果 ,可是由于资料的限制 。

This study has tried to make a comprehensive review of the development of education economics in Japan, by focusing on quantitative analyses. It did not only give a description of the existing researches, but also made a detailed comparison of their intentions, approaches, results and political implications. This paper is composed of six sections: human capital and return to education, education and labor market, education input and output, education as a firm, education demand. However, because of the data limitation, there remain some fields to be investigated and discussed.