中國人民大學宏觀經濟學討論班

總第106期

宏觀經濟學討論班（Macroeconomics Seminar）旨在追蹤宏觀經濟學國際最新進展，倡導構建符合國情的動態優化模型（尤其是Bewley模型）并使用計算機模擬研究中國經濟改革與發展的重大問題。

【時間】：2012年2月28日（周二）12：15－13：45

【地點】：明主0304教室

【主持】：陳彥斌教授

【主講】：戴軼群

【主題】：The Depressing Effect of Agricultural Institutions on the Prewar Japanese Economy

【摘要】：Why didn’t the Japanese miracle take place before World War II? The culprit we identify is a barrier that kept prewar agricultural employment constant. Using a standard neoclassical two-sector growth model, we show that the barrier-induced sectoral distortion and an ensuring lack of capital accumulation account well for the depressed output level. Without the barrier, Japan’s prewar GNP per worker would have been at least about a half of that of the United States, not about a third as in the data. The labor barrier existed because, we argue, the prewar patriarchy forced the son designated as heir to stay in agriculture.
　　

聯系人：姚一旻

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中國經濟改革與發展研究院