Dynamic and Institutional Analyses of the Agricultural Household Economy in the Pre-war Japan

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25245047
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Economic history
• Research Institution: Hitotsubashi University
• Principal Investigator: KITAMURA Yukinobu 一橋大学, 経済研究所, 教授 (70313442)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): SAITOU Osamu 一橋大学, 名誉教授 (40051867) ; SATO Masahiro 一橋大学, 経済研究所, 教授 (80178772) ; KUROSAKI Takashi 一橋大学, 経済研究所, 教授 (90293159) ; ARIMOTO Yutaka 一橋大学, 経済研究所, 准教授 (20526470)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): OKAZAKI Tetsuji 東京大学, 経済学研究科(研究院), 教授 (90183029) ; SAWADA Yasuyuki 東京大学, 経済学研究科(研究院), 教授 (40322078) ; ASAMI Atsuyuki 京都大学, (連合)農学研究科, 准教授 (60184157) ; SENDA Tetsushi 京都大学, 学術情報メディアセンター, 准教授 (00325325) ; OZEKI Manabu 岡山大学, 社会文化科学研究科, 准教授 (90345455) ; KUSADOKORO Motoi 東京農工大学, 農学研究院, 助教 (90630145)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 経済史 / 農家経済

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We have constructed the database for the survey of Agricultural Household in the pre-war period (1931-41). The survey covers the same households over time, so that we can construct the panel data. Using this panel data, we have conducted the modern economic analysis for agricultural households with the interdisciplinary nature. In particular, asset accumulation and human capital investment of agricultural households are examined comprehensively from the view points of agricultural economics, development economics and economic history. We have obtained different results from the previous studies in development economics and economic history of the pre-war Japan. These results are presented in the academic conferences and published in refereed journals.

Free Research Field

計量経済学