Economic development and regional industrial structure in pre-warJapan

• Project/Area Number: 23830080
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Economic history
• Research Institution: Musashi University
• Principal Investigator: SETTSU Tokihiko 武蔵大学, 経済学部, 講師 (30613393)
• Project Period (FY): 2011 – 2012
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2012)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
• Keywords: 経済史 / 経済成長論 / 近代日本経済史 / 産業別府県別有業人口 / 長期経済統計 / 警察統計

Research Abstract

The outcomes of this research project are as follows
Constructed the most part of database on small businesses regulated by the police in Meiji period and revised the estimates on the prefectural labour force by industry
Estimated the number of yearly migration among prefectures in pre-war Japan and investigated the interrelation between migration and regional inequality
Surveyed the methodologies on estimating the value added of the tertiary industry in terms of long-term economic statistics

Research Products

• [Presentation] How to shed light on the black box: Income approach for historical GDP estimates of the tertiary sector with special reference to Japan, 1885-1940 (2012)
  • Author(s): Settsu,Tokihiko
  • Organizer: Asian Historical Economics Conference at Sano-Shoin
  • Place of Presentation: Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo
  • Year and Date: 2012-09-13
• [Presentation] How to shed light on the black box: Income approach for historical GDP estimates of the tertiary sector with special reference to Japan, 1885-1940 (2012)
  • Author(s): 攝津斉彦
  • Organizer: Asian Historical Ecnomics Conference
  • Place of Presentation: 一橋大学 佐野書院