2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Study on the Farm Household Behavior in Prewar Japan
| Project/Area Number |
22780206
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Agro-economics
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| Research Institution | Shiga University |
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Principal Investigator |
FUJIE Takeshi 滋賀大学, 環境総合研究センター, 准教授 (40356316)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | ミクロデータ / 戦前期 / 計量分析 |
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| Research Abstract |
The purpose of this study is to clarify the behavior of farm households in prewar Japan. We focused on three research issues in particular:
(1) the coping behavior of farm households in response to the Great Depression;
(2) the effects of the depression on the managerial efficiencies of farm households;
(3) the status of farmers’ debts in the 1930s.
Our results indicate that (i) farm households reduced inputs to cope with idiosyncratic shocks caused by the Great Depression;
(ii) surplus labor in farm households may have led to a decrease in the overall or technical efficiency;
(iii) small farmers could be under credit constraints in 1930s Japan.
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