Research on Social Stratification and Rewards Inequalities in Japan from a Comparative Sociological Perspective

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24330148
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sociology
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: ARITA Shin 東京大学, 社会科学研究所, 教授 (30345061)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): IMAI Jun 北海道大学, 大学院文学研究科, 准教授 (30545653) ; YOSHIDA Takashi 静岡大学, 人文社会科学部, 准教授 (80455774) ; NAGAMATSU Namie 関西学院大学, 社会学部, 准教授 (30506316)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): TAKENOSHITA Hirohisa 上智大学, 総合人間科学部, 教授 (10402231) ; NAGAYOSHI Kikuko 東北大学, 大学院文学研究科, 准教授 (50609782) ; TAKI Hirofumi 法政大学, 社会学部, 准教授 (20634033)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 階級・階層・社会変動 / 報酬格差 / 比較社会学 / 東アジア / 経済社会学

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research explores the rewards inequalities among employment opportunities in Japan and examines how structural and institutional factors such as personnel practices, labor relations, and social policies have shaped the inequalities from a comparative perspective. The research proved that the rewards inequalities among employment opportunities in Japan are generally equipped with the norm and logic for the legitimation, and they play an important role in reproduction of the inequalities.

Free Research Field

比較社会学（社会階層・教育・労働市場の東アジア比較）