Intergenerational effect of father's job loss on children's educational attainments in Japan
This study attempted to explore the impact of the father's job loss on children's educational attainments by using Keio Household Panel Survey (KHPS), which provides representative panel data for Japan. As the intergenerational effect of father's job loss has not been examined in Japan so much because of the data shortage, the results of this study can provide new empirical evidence. The analysis results present four findings. First, the father's job loss has a negative relationship with the children's educational attainments, and it decreases the year of education of children primarily by reducing university graduates. This result is robust, even in using several matching methods. Second, the father's job loss decreases male and female children's educational attainments, mainly through reducing university graduates. The negative effect of the father's job loss is more substantial for the case of women. Third, the father's job loss decreases first and second children's educational attainments mainly through reducing university graduates. Fourth, the negative effect of the father's job loss on children's educational attainments is observed even after the decline of the father's income is taken into accounts.
