TRENDS IN HOUSEHOLD EDUCATIONAL COST BURDEN AND PUBLIC POLICY FOR ALLEVIATING THEM(Educational Expenditures and Finance in Transition,I. BULLETIN FORUM)

Abstract

This article aims to make clear the recent trends in household educational cost burdens in order to show the public policy for alleviating them. It uses mainly the "Household Survey." Incomes were found to be almost all decreasing in the period after 1997. Because of the rise in educational costs, burdens on families have also been increasing. According to those trends concerning the contribution of educational expenditures to overall consumption and education items, households can be seen as saving for supplementary education fees. To lower the burden on households, it is desirable to introduce a tuition fee deduction from taxed income.