{"title":"The first alumni donation in 1880 in Japan: social image and the open-academic record system","authors":"Eiji Yamamura","doi":"arxiv-2409.08415","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"In 1880, Keio, a private school in Japan, was in jeopardy of being closed. To\ncope with the situation, the school first created a fundraising campaign during\nthe 18801-90 period. The school was established in 1857, and since 1861, the\nlist covering all students academic record has been distributed not only to\nteachers but also to all students. Individual-level historical academic record\nwas integrated with the list of contributors. Using the data, we compared\npersons who had learned in Keio before and after the system was introduced. The\nmain findings are presented as follows. first, graduates who share the academic\nrecord are more likely to contribute, and their amount of donation is larger;\nsecond, the class size is negatively correlated with the likelihood of\ncontribution and with its amount; and third, academic performance, as shown in\nthe list, is positively correlated with the likelihood of contribution but not\nwith the amount of donation, using a sub-sample of those who shared the list.\nThe introduction of the system strengthened the community network and role of\nsocial image shared by the members. This resulted in a successful fundraising\nfor the school, an unprecedented feat in the history of Japan.","PeriodicalId":501273,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - ECON - General Economics","volume":"77 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"arXiv - ECON - General Economics","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2409.08415","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
In 1880, Keio, a private school in Japan, was in jeopardy of being closed. To
cope with the situation, the school first created a fundraising campaign during
the 18801-90 period. The school was established in 1857, and since 1861, the
list covering all students academic record has been distributed not only to
teachers but also to all students. Individual-level historical academic record
was integrated with the list of contributors. Using the data, we compared
persons who had learned in Keio before and after the system was introduced. The
main findings are presented as follows. first, graduates who share the academic
record are more likely to contribute, and their amount of donation is larger;
second, the class size is negatively correlated with the likelihood of
contribution and with its amount; and third, academic performance, as shown in
the list, is positively correlated with the likelihood of contribution but not
with the amount of donation, using a sub-sample of those who shared the list.
The introduction of the system strengthened the community network and role of
social image shared by the members. This resulted in a successful fundraising
for the school, an unprecedented feat in the history of Japan.