An Analysis on Economic Inequality of Education

• Project/Area Number: 26380657
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sociology
• Research Institution: Doshisha University
• Principal Investigator: Ojima Fumiaki 同志社大学, 社会学部, 教授 (30177224)
• Research Collaborator: LEFRANC Arnaud Cergy-Pontoise大学, 教授
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
• Keywords: 学歴社会 / 教育機会 / 経済的不平等 / 教育の収益率 / 学歴 / 学歴の経済的効用 / 教育機会の不平等 / 教育の経済的効用 / コーホート比較 / 所得関数 / 生涯所得 / 社会的不平等 / 所得格差

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this research is to examine the economic returns of education and the economic inequality of educational opportunities in each cohort. This research attempted to clarify the economic function of education in post-war Japan.
(1) If we investigate private returns to education on the basis of cohort comparison, the total returns of higher education are highest in the cohort which includes baby boomers. (2) The educational attainment model composed of academic results in junior high school and estimated father’s income shows each variable complementarily affects educational attainment. The observed change corresponds to the degree of competition in attending higher education.

Research Products

• [Int'l Joint Research] セルジー・ポントワーズ大学(フランス)
• [Presentation] Economic Return to Education in Japan: New Approach using Pooled Replicated Survey Data (2015)
  • Author(s): Fumiaki Ojima
  • Organizer: ISA RC28 Summer Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: ペンシルバニア大学
  • Year and Date: 2015-08-17
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Fathers’ Income and Educational Attainment; An Analysis on Trends in Educational Opportunity with the Predicted Father’s Income (2014)
  • Author(s): Fumiaki Ojima
  • Organizer: ISA RC28 Spring Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: Central European University, Budapest
  • Year and Date: 2014-05-08
• [Book] 高校生たちのゆくえ：学校パネル調査からみた進路と生活の30年 (2018)
  • Author(s): 尾嶋史章・荒牧草平編
  • Total Pages: 225
  • Publisher: 世界思想社
  • ISBN: 9784790717102