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Influence of Elementary School Education and Community Environment on the Formation of Non-cognitive Abilities

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19K21696
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Medium-sized Section 7:Economics, business administration, and related fields
Research InstitutionOsaka University

Principal Investigator

OHTAKE Fumio  大阪大学, 経済学研究科, 特任教授(常勤) (50176913)

Project Period (FY) 2019-06-28 – 2021-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2020)
Budget Amount *help
¥6,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,500,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥5,460,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,260,000)
Keywords非認知能力 / 学校教育 / 社会的選好 / 労働市場
Outline of Research at the Start

本研究では、小学生時代の学校教育およびコミュニティ・神社仏閣の存在などの地域環境が、成人になってからの非認知能力・社会的選好へ与える影響と、それを通じて労働市場における成果に与える影響について実証的に明らかにする。日本の小学校教育は全国一律と思われているが、実際には教育方法には自由度があり、様々な違いが学校ごとにある。そのような学校ごとの教育手法の差やコミュニティの差は、非認知能力に差をもたらす可能性がある。アクティブラーニングを始めとする新しい教育手法や日本式教育手法の非認知能力の長期的影響を明らかにすることが本研究の意義である。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In Lee et al.(2021), we estimate the effects of childhood experiences of wearing school uniforms at public elementary schools in Japan on individual preferences in relation to others (hereafter, other-regarding preferences) in adulthood. The school uniform experience can be endogenous if the preferences and characteristics of the school and parents are included in the decision of schools to implement school uniforms. To examine the causal effect of school uniforms, we exploit the exogenous variation in the expansion of the apparel industry across regions, which the Japanese government used as a catalyst in stimulating the economy, as well as the regional variations in prefectural governors’ initiatives for enhancing regional profitability. We find that that the experience of school uniforms increases reciprocal inclinations and inequity aversion (prosocial) tendencies.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は、日本の小学校教育には、学習カリキュラム以外の教育内容に大きな地域差があること、それらが成人してからの価値観、経済的選好、感染対策に影響を与える可能性を実証的に示した。小学校における教育は、認知能力という狭い意味での学力の教育だけではなく、非認知能力と長期に渡って関わっていることを数量的に明らかにした。

Report

(3 results)
  • 2020 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (5 results)

All 2021 2020 2019

All Journal Article (4 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 4 results,  Open Access: 3 results) Presentation (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Reciprocal and prosocial tendencies cultivated by childhood school experiences: School uniforms and the related economic and political factors in Japan2021

    • Author(s)
      Lee Sun Youn、Ito Takahiro、Kubota Kohei、Ohtake Fumio
    • Journal Title

      International Journal of Educational Development

      Volume: 83 Pages: 102396-102396

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.ijedudev.2021.102396

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Long-Term Consequences of the Hidden Curriculum on Social Preferences2020

    • Author(s)
      Takahiro Ito, Kohei Kubota, Fumio Ohtake
    • Journal Title

      The Japanese Economic Review

      Volume: Online Issue: 2 Pages: 1-29

    • DOI

      10.1007/s42973-019-00033-8

    • NAID

      120006996915

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Long-term consequences of group work in Japanese public elementary schools2019

    • Author(s)
      Kubota Kohei、Ito Takahiro、Ohtake Fumio
    • Journal Title

      Japan and the World Economy

      Volume: 52 Pages: 100980-100980

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.japwor.2019.100980

    • NAID

      120006873031

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 寺院・地蔵・神社の社会・経済的帰結:ソーシャル・キャピタルを通じた所得・幸福度・健康への影響2019

    • Author(s)
      伊藤高弘,大竹文雄,窪田康平
    • Journal Title

      雇用システムの再構築に向けて

      Volume: 1 Pages: 339-368

    • NAID

      40022346966

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Puzzling Success Story of COVID-19 in Japan: Elementary School Education and Ritual Purification of Hands at Shrines2020

    • Author(s)
      LEE, Sun Youn
    • Organizer
      行動経済学会第14回大会
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2019-07-04   Modified: 2022-01-27  

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