Disparity in high school enrollment between native and immigrant children in Japan

IF 1 4区经济学 Q3 ECONOMICS

Asian Economic Journal Pub Date : 2023-04-13 DOI:10.1111/asej.12288

Risa Hagiwara, Yang Liu

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Abstract

Using nonlinear decomposition, this study examines the gap in high school enrollment between native and immigrant children based on data from the 2010 Population Census. The school attendance probability of immigrant children is significantly lower than that of native children. Factors contributing to the gap are the length of stay in Japan, parental employment status, and home ownership. The total explained part of all observable factors is approximately 30% in the comparison between native and immigrant children whose parents are both foreigners. Furthermore, immigrant children who do not attend high school are more likely to be unemployed.

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日本本地和移民儿童高中入学率的差异

本研究利用日本总务省(MIC) 2010年人口普查数据，从高中入学率的角度考察了日本移民儿童的同化情况。在本研究中，移民儿童被定义为父母中至少有一方在外国出生的儿童。我们使用非线性分解来检验具有相似特征的本地和移民儿童之间的差距。我们发现移民儿童的平均就学概率显著低于本地儿童。父母一方是外国人的移民子女表现出很大的差异。拉大这一差距的因素包括:在日本的停留时间较短、父母在出生国不使用汉字、父母的正规就业水平较低以及没有住房。上述解释这种差距的最重要因素是父母在使用汉字方面的背景。在父母都是外国人的本地儿童和移民儿童之间的比较中，所有可观察因素的总解释部分约为90%。此外，没有上过高中的移民子女更有可能失业。

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Asian Economic Journal ECONOMICS-

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1.50

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