Sociology of short-term higher education in Japanese society

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K02140
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 08010:Sociology-related
• Research Institution: Hosei University
• Principal Investigator: Taki Hirofumi 法政大学, 社会学部, 准教授 (20634033)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 短期高等教育 / 専門学校 / 短期大学 / 制度的埋め込み / 社会階層

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aimed empirically examined the functions and changes of short-term higher education including Junior College, Technical College, and Professional Training College. Compared to high school graduates, short-term higher education holders spend an additional two years of education, but the results of analysis using several social survey micro data showed that these educational qualifications affect status attainment. Effects were found to vary by gender and educational institution. It has become clear that these different effects can be explained consistently with the fact that skill formation under Japanese employment practices, in which the internal labor market is dominant, tends to put women at a disadvantage because of interruption of their occupational career.

Free Research Field

社会階層論

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は、同じくらいの年数の教育を高校卒業後に追加的に受けたとしても、その職業に対する影響がジェンダーや教育機関によって大きく異なることを示した。このことは、日本における技能形成や教育の職業的レリバンスを考えるうえで、教育年数や教育内容の観点から教育機関を整備していくだけでは不十分で、日本型雇用慣行の優勢な労働市場の特徴および結婚や出産および育児によるキャリア中断の問題を考慮に入れながら、実態の適切な把握のもとに様々な支援をおこなっていく必要を示している。