Empirical research on mechanisms of educational inequality

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26780488
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Sociology of education
• Research Institution: Waseda University
• Principal Investigator: Matsuoka Ryoji 早稲田大学, 留学センター, 講師(任期付) (80637299)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 教育格差 / 教育不平等 / 階層再生産 / 社会経済的地位 / 意欲格差 / 高校制度 / 学校格差 / 地域格差

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This project investigated mechanisms of educational inequality using various nationally representative data sets collected from Japanese society. During the period of the project, I published 10 articles in peer-reviewed journals in Japan and overseas (i.e., seven single-author papers and three co-authored papers as the first author). These studies’ findings describe how one’s family socioeconomic status (SES) relates to important indicators such as educational opportunities, academic achievements, and educational aspirations in the society that is considered egalitarian when compared with other societies such as that of the United States. I also clarified the role of collective SES (e.g., school SES) in educational outcomes. To contribute to the literature on social reproduction in education (i.e., intergenerational transmission of inequalities in education) not only in Japan but also in other parts of the world, seven of the 10 studies were written and published in English.

Free Research Field

教育社会学