Empirical Analysis of Educational Choices on the Basis of Rational Choice Theory

利用日本综合社会调查、社会分层和社会流动调查以及日本生命历程小组调查，我对教育和职业选择进行了定量数据分析。根据我的分析，基于理性选择理论的相对风险厌恶假说在日本不被支持，分析也揭示了一个稳定的教育程度代际模式。此外，我还准备了关于教育社会学中的理性选择理论和面板数据分析方法的评论。

Using the Japanese General Social Surveys, the Social Stratification and Social Mobility Surveys, and the Japanese Life Course Panel Survey, I conducted quantitative data analyses concerning educational and occupational choices. According to my analyses, the relative risk aversion hypothesis, which is based on the rational choice theory, is not supported in Japan, and the analyses also revealed a stable intergenerational pattern of educational attainments. In addition, I have prepared commentaries on the rational choice theory in the sociology of education and the methodology of panel data analysis.