Comparative Sociology of Educational Finance and Expenditure

研究成果报告如下四点。首先是初等教育的一部分。本文从成绩测试生产函数的估计和教育财政反映的日本平等制度的转变两方面探讨了提高学生学业技能的可能性。其次是高中和高等教育的一部分。我们从决定因素的结果考察了公共支出对教育扩张的作用。第三是对教育的民意调查结果，其中教育政策在其他社会政策中排名最低。最后，对比国际视野，分析了日本教育财政存在的问题。

Research outcome is reported as following four points. First is a part of primary education. We discussed the possibility of improving the student's academic skills by using the estimation of the production function of achievement test and the transition of Japanese equality system reflected in educational finance. Second is a part of high school and higher education. We examined the role of public expenditure from the results of determinants factors to educational expansion. Third is a result of the opinion survey on education in which educational policy has the lowest priority compared with other social policies. Lastly, we showed the problems of Japanese educational finance comparing with international perspectives.