The role of social trust in reducing long-term truancy and forming human capital in Japan

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 380-389

  Yamamura, Eiji ^a  

^a SEINAN GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Economic impact; Educational economics; Human capital

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; HUMAN CAPITAL; PSYCHOLOGY; SECONDARY EDUCATION;

JAPAN;

EID: 79952184684     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2010.11.006     Document Type: Article

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