ISS: Research Staff: FUJIHARA, Sho

Institute of Social Science The University of Tokyo

the University of Tokyo

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FUJIHARA, Sho

Division Center for Social Research and Data Archives ,Quantitative Social Research Group　
Research Fields Sociology
E-mail

sho.fujiharaiss.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Teaching and Research Appointments

April 2025 − Professor, Institute of Social Science, Univ. of Tokyo
April 2013 −March 2025 Associate Professor, Institute of Social Science, Univ. of Tokyo

Topics of Research

1Social Mobility and Education

2Trends in Inequality of Educational Opportunity

3Mechanism of Educational Decision-Making

4Sociological Research Utilizing Data from Panel Surveys

5Construction of Scales for Occupational Status

6Web Survey

Selected Publications

  • Kikkawa, Toru and Sho Fujihara. 2012. "Class Awareness in Japan and the U.S.: Expansion and Stability.” Sociological Theory and Methods 27(2):205–24. J-STAGE
  • Fujihara, Sho and Hiroshi Ishida. 2016. “The Absolute and Relative Values of Education and the Inequality of Educational Opportunity: Trends in Access to Education in Postwar Japan.” Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 43:25–37 https://doi:10.1016/j.rssm.2016.03.001
  • Fujihara, Sho, Toru Kikkawa, and Carmi Schooler. 2018. “Work Made Us What We Are: Complexity of Work, Self-directedness of Orientation, and Intellectual Flexibility of Older US and Japanese Men.” Research in Social Stratification and Mobility. 54:36–45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rssm.2018.01.002
  • Tabuchi, Takahiro, Sho Fujihara, Tomohiro Shinozaki, and Hiroyuki Fukuhara. 2018. “Determinants of High-School Dropout: A Longitudinal Study in a Deprived Area of Japan.” Journal of Epidemiology. https://doi.org/10.2188/jea.JE20170163
  • Fujihara, Sho and Fumiya Uchikoshi. 2018 “Declining Association with Persistent Gender Asymmetric Structure: Patterns and Trends in Educational Assortative Marriage in Japan, 1950–1979.” Research in Social Stratification and Mobility. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rssm.2018.12.001
  • Fujihara, Sho. 2020. “Socio-Economic Standing and Social Status in Contemporary Japan: Scale Constructions and Their Applications.” European Sociological Review. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaa010
  • Sho Fujihara. 2020. “Book Review: Kōtō kyōiku kikai no chiiki kakusa: Chihō ni okeru kōkōsei no daigaku shingaku kōdō (Regional Disparities in Opportunities for Higher Education: University Enrollment Behavior among High School Students in Rural Areas).” Social Science Japan Journal 23(2):342–346
  • Sho Fujihara and Takahiro Tabuchi. 2022. “The impact of COVID-19 on the psychological distress of youths in Japan: A latent growth curve analysis.” Journal of Affective Disorders. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.02.055
  • （coauthor with Takahiro Tabuchi）“The Impact of COVID-19 on the Psychological Distress of Youths in Japan: A Latent Growth Curve Analysis”, Journal of Affective Disorders，305，March 2022，pp.19-27．
  • (coauthor with Hiroshi Ishida) “College Is Not the Great Equalizer in Japan: An Alternative Approach to the OED Triangle”，Panel Survey Project Discussion Paper Series，No.146．
  • (coauthor with Keisuke Kawata and Shoki Okubo) “Gender gap on the preference of college major choice: Evidence from Conjoint Survey Experiment”，CSRDA Discussion Paper Series，No.13．
  • (coauthor with Steve R. Entrich) “New Horizontal Inequalities in Japanese Education? Examining Socioeconomic Selectivity in Study Abroad Intent and Pre-College Study Abroad Participation”，CSRDA Discussion Paper Series，No.17．
  • “Identifying the Role of High School in Educational Inequality: A Causal Mediation Approach”, CSRDA Discussion Paper Series，No.19．
  • “The Associations of Class and Status with Life Chances and Life Choices: Causation or Selection?”，Panel Survey Project Discussion Paper Series，No.150．
  • (coauthored with Steve R Entrich). "New Horizontal Inequalities in Japanese Education? Examining Socioeconomic Selectivity in Pre-College Study Abroad Intent and Participation." Research in Social Stratification and Mobility. October 2022. 100727.
  • "Explaining Class Differences in Educational Attainment in Japan: An Empirical Test of the Breen and Goldthorpe Model." Research in Social Stratification and Mobility. February 2023. 100770.
  • "An Ordered Logistic Regression Model for Educational Stratification: Applications to Trend and Comparative Analyses" CSRDA Discussion Paper Series, No.38.
  • "College Is Not the Great Equalizer in Japan." (with Hiroshi Ishida), Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World, 10, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231231225558

Educational Activities

Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, Univedrsity of Tokyo Research in Social StratificationQuantitative Research
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Univedrsity of Tokyo Quantitative Methods for Social Sciences I
Faculty of Education, Univedrsity of Tokyo Quantitative Educational Research Methodology
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