Winter International Workshop on Social Stratification and Mobility

Published

December 6, 2024

Social Stratification and Mobility workshop organized by the SSM2025 research group, The University of Tokyo.

Venue: Ito International Research Center (B1 Gallery 1, 2), The University of Tokyo

Friday, December 6

12:30-13:00 Registration

13:00 Welcome (Sho Fujihara and Kikuko Nagayoshi)

Introduction of two speakers (Fumiya Uchikoshi)

13:15 Plenary session

Ohjae Gowen, “Deinstitutionalizing Overwork and Women in the Workplace”

13:55 Discussion (Ryota Mugiyama)

14:05 Reply/Q&A

Ohjae Gowen is an Assistant Professor of Sociology (ABD) at Singapore Management University. His research focuses on work-family dynamics and their implications for gender inequality and demographic behavior. He received his Ph.D. in Sociology from Harvard University in 2024.

Ryota Mugiyama is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Studies at Gakushuin University. His research focuses on labor market inequality, intergenerational mobility, and family formation. He received his Doctorate in Sociology from the University of Tokyo in 2019.

14:15 Leafia Ye, “Immigrants’ Earnings Mobility and Later-Life Health”

14:55 Discussion (Tate Kihara)

15:05 Reply/Q&A

Leafia Ye is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto. She received her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology and German from the University of Hong Kong. She is broadly interested in inequalities by immigration status and in the aging process. She’s currently the Principal Investigator of the project “immigrant integration and later-life health,” which is funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

Tate Kihara is an Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Media and Governance at Keio University. His research examines international migration to and from Japan in both historical and contemporary contexts, with a particular focus on its relationship to social inequality. He earned his Ph.D. in Sociology from Brown University in 2023.

15:15-15:30 Coffee break

15:30-16:20 Regular session 1: Education (Chair: Sho Fujihara)

  1. Hirofumi Taki, University of Tokyo
    The Effect of Short-cycle Higher Education on the Working Lives of Women
  2. Ryoji Matsuoka, Ryukoku University
    The COVID-19 Pandemic’s Impact on Shadow Education Participation and College Aspirations: Intensifying Socioeconomic Disparities in a Seemingly Egalitarian Society

16:30-17:30 Poster session

  1. Aguru Ishibashi, Senshu University
    Do Alive High-Status Grandparents Benefit Grandchildren’s Educational Achievement? An Examination Using a Fixed Effects Model
  2. Misaki Matano, University of Tokyo
    Educational Investment from Grandparents to Grandchildren: The Case of Japan
  3. Taichi Morisaka, Tohoku University
    A Study on Public Opinion Trends Regarding Public Spending on Education in Japan: An Analysis Considering the Relationship with the Aging Population and Declining Birthrate
  4. Teruki Sanada, Doshisha University
    How is the Number of Books at the Age of 15 Related to Social Class?
  5. Yurie Momose, University of Tokyo
    Family Discrimination by Status of Residence
  6. Rantaro Nasu, University of Tokyo
    The Social Prestige of Nonstandard Employment: Findings from a Factorial Survey Experiment
  7. Yurino Yamaguchi, University of Tokyo
    Applicants’ Strengths for Entry-Level Job Applications: Findings from a Comparative Study
  8. Shingo Nitta, Gakushuin University
    Feature-wide Effect Heterogeneity of Retirement on Subsequent Health through Causal Forests
  9. Yuki Torii, Rikkyo University
    Influence of Origin and First Job Classes on Age Trajectory of Mental Health
  10. Yuriko Morikawa, University of Tokyo
    Gender Differences in Wage Satisfaction: The Case of Japan
  11. Fumiya Uchikoshi, Harvard University
    Married Women’s Internal Migration and Employment Outcomes: The Mitigating Role of Occupational Licensing in Japan
  12. Tetsuji Yamaguchi, University of Tokyo
    Dream-Pursuing Types of Occupational Aspiration and High School Students’ Career Choices
  13. Sho Fujihara, University of Tokyo
    Automated Coding of Occupational Classifications with the Sentence-LUKE Model: Application to the Japanese Social Stratification and Social Mobility Classification of Occupations

18:00-20:00 Reception

Saturday, December 7

9:15-9:45 Registration

9:45-10:35 Regular session 2: Immigrant incorporation (Chair: Kaoru Sonoda)

  1. Hao Liang, Cornell University (online)
    Intermarriage, Gender Imbalance, and Ethnic Residential Segregation
  2. Akira Igarashi, Osaka University
    The Roles of Group-level and Individual-level Information Play in Statistical Discrimination

10:35-10:50 Coffee break

10:50-11:40 Regular session 3: New dimensions of inequality (Chair: Kikuko Nagayoshi)

  1. Ryota Mugiyama, Gakushuin University
    Expanding Socioeconomic Inequality in Access to Remote Work after COVID-19 in Japan
  2. Aram Kwon, Osaka University of Economics
    The Impact of Intergenerational Educational Mobility on Subjective Social Status: Evidence from Japan

11:45 Wrap up