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How the Second World War affected the Japanese Sociery; from the view point of hometown regiments

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19K21688
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Medium-sized Section 7:Economics, business administration, and related fields
Research InstitutionMusashi University (2023)
Hitotsubashi University (2019-2022)

Principal Investigator

Kambayashi Ryo  武蔵大学, 経済学部, 教授 (40326004)

Project Period (FY) 2019-06-28 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥6,240,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,440,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥130,000 (Direct Cost: ¥100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥30,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥3,510,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥810,000)
Keywords郷土聯隊 / 戦没者 / 労働市場 / 都道府県
Outline of Research at the Start

本研究の目的は、日本における第二次世界大戦の犠牲者が、特定地域の特定年齢階層の男性に偏ったことによって生じた人口構造のアンバランスが、その後の当該地域の産業発展や労働市場に与えた影響を考察することにある。このアンバランスに注目したのは本研究が初めてではないが、本研究では、WWIIの直接の当時者が物故する中、大戦が日本社会にもたらした影響について冷静に議論を積み重ねる必要が以前にも増しているという認識のもと、近年急速に発達した計量経済学的手法によって方法的難点を解消し、研究分野に先鞭をつけるという意味で萌芽的な研究として位置付ける。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The impact of the demographic imbalance caused by the disproportionate loss of men from specific age groups in certain regions during World War II in Japan on subsequent industrial development and labor markets in those regions is examined. As the generation that directly experienced WWII ages and passes away, it is more important than ever to discuss the war's impact on Japanese society. With the assistance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and prefectural aid offices, new statistics were compiled and information gathered. As a result, we found that prefectures which lost many young men during WWII may have experienced a delay in the postwar shift to manufacturing. However, we also found that this effect was quantitatively small and nearly disappeared in the early years of the high economic growth period.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

統計上、第二次世界大戦の犠牲が特定地域の特定年齢階層の男性に集中していたことはわかっていたが、政府による「戦争被害受忍論」が主張されるなか注目されることは少なかった。本研究は戦争犠牲者の偏りが実際にはかなり大きく、少なくとも高度成長期の前半まで影響したが、それにもかかわらずその影響は高度成長期後半には消失したという統計的事実を示した。従来、戦後社会は終戦直後のさまざまな社会改革のうえに成立しており、高度成長もその制度改革の結果として解釈されてきたが、本研究の結果は市場経済の安定性ゆえに高度成長が達成されたという解釈を示唆し、戦後制度改革の効果について新たな知見を提出したといえる。

Report

(6 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (20 results)

All 2023 2022 2021 2020 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (5 results) Journal Article (4 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results,  Peer Reviewed: 2 results) Presentation (11 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 6 results,  Invited: 6 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] Paris School of Economics(フランス)

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Paris School of Economics(フランス)

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Paris School of Economics(フランス)

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Paris School of Economics(フランス)

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Paris School of Economics(フランス)

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Consequence of Hometown Regiment: What Happened in Hometown When Soldiers Had Gone?2023

    • Author(s)
      Kentaro Asai, and Ryo Kambayashi
    • Journal Title

      IER, Discussion Paper Series A

      Volume: 743 Pages: 1-67

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] 人口学から見たアジア・太平洋戦争による日本の人的被害についての一考察2023

    • Author(s)
      浅井健太郎、神林龍
    • Journal Title

      Trend in Modern Economics

      Volume: 2022 Issue: 0 Pages: 63-92

    • DOI

      10.11398/keizaigakuchoryu.63

    • ISSN
      2758-2256
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] 人口学から見たアジア・太平洋戦争による日本の人的被害についての一考察-北関東・東北地方の徴兵記録分析を中心に-2023

    • Author(s)
      神林龍・浅井健太郎
    • Journal Title

      現代経済学の潮流2022

      Volume: 近刊

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report 2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] 第二次世界大戦が日本社会に与えた影響を「郷土聯隊」から考える2021

    • Author(s)
      神林龍・浅井健太郎
    • Journal Title

      IER, Discussion Paper Series A

      Volume: 727 Pages: 1-24

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Consequence of Hometown Regiment: What Happened in Hometown When Soldiers Had Gone?2023

    • Author(s)
      Kentaro Asai
    • Organizer
      Economic History Association
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Consequence of Hometown Regiment: What Happened in Hometown When Soldiers Had Gone?2023

    • Author(s)
      神林龍
    • Organizer
      AGU SIPEC IE SEMINAR
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Consequence of Hometown Regiment: What Happened in Hometown When Soldiers Had Gone?2022

    • Author(s)
      Kentaro Asai
    • Organizer
      NBER Japan Project Meeting
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Consequence of Hometown Regiment: What Happened in Hometown When Soldiers Had Gone?2022

    • Author(s)
      Kentaro Asai
    • Organizer
      Asian and Australasian Society of Labour Economics 2022 Conference
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Consequence of Hometown Regiment: What Happened in Hometown When Soldiers Had Gone?2022

    • Author(s)
      神林龍
    • Organizer
      University of Tokyo, Workshop at Komaba
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Consequence of Hometown Regiment: What Happened in Hometown When Soldiers Had Gone?2022

    • Author(s)
      神林龍
    • Organizer
      東北大学「社会にインパクトある研究(G4公正社会へ)」ランチョンミーティング
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Consequence of Hometown Regiment: What Happened in Hometown When Soldiers Had Gone?2022

    • Author(s)
      神林龍
    • Organizer
      日本大学人口研究所講演会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 第二次世界大戦が日本社会に与えた影響を「郷土聯隊」から考える2021

    • Author(s)
      神林龍
    • Organizer
      日本経済学会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Consequence of Hometown Regiment: Gender Imbalance and Inudstrial Structure in the Post-war Japan2021

    • Author(s)
      Kentaro Asai
    • Organizer
      Lunch Seminaire d'Economie Appliquee, Paris School of Economics
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Consequence of Hometown Regiment: Gender Imbalance and Inudstrial Structure in the Post-war Japan2021

    • Author(s)
      Ryo Kambayashi
    • Organizer
      Seminaires Histoire Economique, Paris School of Economics
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Consequence of hometown regiment: the Japanese case during the WWII2020

    • Author(s)
      Ryo Kambayashi
    • Organizer
      FFJ Webinar, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited

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Published: 2019-07-04   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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