Doctoral Dissertation Research: Higher Education and Work Histories: Educational Attachment and the Labor Force Attachment of Married Japanese Women

这是博士学位论文研究计划助学金下的一个奖项。这项研究比较了决定日本女性婚后留在或离开劳动力大军的因素，并特别关注了教育的作用。它检验了人力资本理论在日本背景下的适用性，并提供了与美国的新比较。这项研究将基于对日本中部2000名女性的最新调查，受访者被选为反映不同教育经历的受访者。本研究将有助于从社会学角度理解女性人力资本与社会分层连续性之间的关系。它还将增加我们对日本社会的总体了解，以及与美国进行比较的方式。政策制定者应该找到有关工作和家庭冲突的有用信息。除了这项研究将获得的科学成果外，这一奖项还将对一位非常有前途的学生完成博士论文的研究提供实质性的帮助。从而有助于对下一代社会科学家的深入培训。

This is an award under the Grants for Improving Doctoral Dissertation Research Program. This study compares the factors that determine whether Japanese women will stay in or leave the labor force after marriage, with particular attention to the role of education. It tests the applicability of human capital theory in the Japanese context and provides new comparisons with the United States. The study will be based on a newly-collected survey of 2,000 women in central Japan, with respondents selected to reflect different educational experiences. %%% This study will contribute to the sociological understanding of the relation between women's human capital and the continuity of social stratification. It will also add to our understanding of Japanese society generally and the ways it compares with the United States. Policy makers should find useful information about the conflicts between work and family. In addition to the scientific gains to be achieved by the research, this award will materially assist a highly promising student in completing research for the Ph.D. dissertation. Thus it contributes to the thorough training of the next generation of social scientists.