Ryoji Matsuoka
Biographic Data
| ID | 4268737 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ryoji Matsuoka |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ryoji |
| FAMILY NAME | Matsuoka |
| SIGNATURE | MATSUOKA R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Waseda University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5669-0683 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Socioeconomic disparities in shadow education participation and college expectations during the Covid-19 pandemic
Boudon’s framework posits that family socioeconomic status (SES) contributes to educational attainment through achievement gaps (‘primary effects’) and educational decisions (‘secondary effects’), independent of academic performance. Prior studies have applied this framework to early-stage choices, including shadow education participation—extracurricular lessons to support academic performance—and college expectations, both known to shape later a…
The role of institutional contexts for social inequalities in study abroad intent and participation
We contribute to research on social inequalities in educational attainment by examining the role of institutional contexts for students’ study abroad (SA) intent and participation. To do so, we extend the individual-level rational choice model predicting SA intent and participation depending on students’ socioeconomic status (SES) into a multi-level model emphasizing the importance of context effects. We test our model based on unique micro-level…
The Vanishing ‘Mass Education Society’
With a nationally standardised compulsory education system and the rapid expansion of upper secondary education, Japan was once characterised as a ‘mass education society’ with nationwide educational zeal. However, recent literature points to regional disparities in value orientations in the field of education, while no study has provided an empirical assessment of changes in regional disparities with comparable data collected during different pe…
Concerted cultivation developed in a standardized education system
Annette Lareau coined the term "concerted cultivation" to describe the cultural logic of a distinctive middle-class parenting pattern. I explore whether concerted cultivation as practiced in Japan exhibits unique patterns in response to distinctive characteristics of the nation's education system (i.e., standardized compulsory education with high-stakes educational selection in secondary education). Using nationally representative longitudinal da…
Neighborhood and Individual Factors Associated with Survey Response Behavior
This study attempts to identify neighborhood and individual characteristics associated with survey responses in Japan. While the response rates of social surveys in Japan have declined in the past decades, factors contributing to non-responses have not been sufficiently examined. Therefore, this study is intended to empirically investigate the factors that differentiate individuals’ responses by analyzing a nationwide survey, ‘A Trend Survey on J…
School socioeconomic compositional effect on shadow education participation
While shadow education, organized learning activities outside formal school, has grown greatly around the world, the relationship between formal schooling and shadow education has not been well investigated. This study is therefore intended to empirically test whether formal education’s structure (i.e. tracking) affects students’ shadow education participation by utilizing a nationally representative dataset consisting of 10th-grade students in J…
Emerging inequality in effort
Taishuka to Meritocracy
In this book, Nakamura attempts to explain why a growing number of universities came to select applicants through Suisen Nyūshi (Admission by high school Recommendation, hereafter AR) instead of the traditional written examination. I will first summarize Nakamura’s main arguments and findings, make recommendations on how his study might be expanded, and discuss the academic value of this book. The conventional image of academic selection in Japan…
School socioeconomic compositional effect on shadow education participation
While shadow education, organized learning activities outside formal school, has grown greatly around the world, the relationship between formal schooling and shadow education has not been well investigated. This study is therefore intended to empirically test whether formal education’s structure (i.e. tracking) affects students’ shadow education participation by utilizing a nationally representative dataset consisting of 10th-grade students in J…
Concerted cultivation developed in a standardized education system
Annette Lareau coined the term "concerted cultivation" to describe the cultural logic of a distinctive middle-class parenting pattern. I explore whether concerted cultivation as practiced in Japan exhibits unique patterns in response to distinctive characteristics of the nation's education system (i.e., standardized compulsory education with high-stakes educational selection in secondary education). Using nationally representative longitudinal da…
Emerging inequality in effort
Taishuka to Meritocracy
In this book, Nakamura attempts to explain why a growing number of universities came to select applicants through Suisen Nyūshi (Admission by high school Recommendation, hereafter AR) instead of the traditional written examination. I will first summarize Nakamura’s main arguments and findings, make recommendations on how his study might be expanded, and discuss the academic value of this book. The conventional image of academic selection in Japan…
Neighborhood and Individual Factors Associated with Survey Response Behavior
This study attempts to identify neighborhood and individual characteristics associated with survey responses in Japan. While the response rates of social surveys in Japan have declined in the past decades, factors contributing to non-responses have not been sufficiently examined. Therefore, this study is intended to empirically investigate the factors that differentiate individuals’ responses by analyzing a nationwide survey, ‘A Trend Survey on J…
School socioeconomic compositional effect on shadow education participation
While shadow education, organized learning activities outside formal school, has grown greatly around the world, the relationship between formal schooling and shadow education has not been well investigated. This study is therefore intended to empirically test whether formal education’s structure (i.e. tracking) affects students’ shadow education participation by utilizing a nationally representative dataset consisting of 10th-grade students in J…
Emerging inequality in effort
The Vanishing ‘Mass Education Society’
With a nationally standardised compulsory education system and the rapid expansion of upper secondary education, Japan was once characterised as a ‘mass education society’ with nationwide educational zeal. However, recent literature points to regional disparities in value orientations in the field of education, while no study has provided an empirical assessment of changes in regional disparities with comparable data collected during different pe…
Concerted cultivation developed in a standardized education system
Annette Lareau coined the term "concerted cultivation" to describe the cultural logic of a distinctive middle-class parenting pattern. I explore whether concerted cultivation as practiced in Japan exhibits unique patterns in response to distinctive characteristics of the nation's education system (i.e., standardized compulsory education with high-stakes educational selection in secondary education). Using nationally representative longitudinal da…
The role of institutional contexts for social inequalities in study abroad intent and participation
We contribute to research on social inequalities in educational attainment by examining the role of institutional contexts for students’ study abroad (SA) intent and participation. To do so, we extend the individual-level rational choice model predicting SA intent and participation depending on students’ socioeconomic status (SES) into a multi-level model emphasizing the importance of context effects. We test our model based on unique micro-level…
Socioeconomic disparities in shadow education participation and college expectations during the Covid-19 pandemic
Boudon’s framework posits that family socioeconomic status (SES) contributes to educational attainment through achievement gaps (‘primary effects’) and educational decisions (‘secondary effects’), independent of academic performance. Prior studies have applied this framework to early-stage choices, including shadow education participation—extracurricular lessons to support academic performance—and college expectations, both known to shape later a…
Sociology (7 works) · Demography (6 works) · Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Economics (4 works) · Socioeconomic status (4 works) · Demographic economics (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Higher education (3 works) · Medicine (3 works)