The effect of social trust on achievement test performance of students in Japan

Empirical results using Japanese data suggest that social trust improves student language and mathematics achievement test scores in primary and junior high school. After controlling for endogeneity bias, social trust had a greater effect on scores for primary school students than on scores for junior high school students.

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Year of publication:	2010-11-10
Authors:	Yamamura, Eiji
Institutions:	Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Subject:	Social trust \| human capital

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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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