中国人民大学宏观经济学讨论班

总第106期

宏观经济学讨论班（Macroeconomics Seminar）旨在追踪宏观经济学国际最新进展，倡导构建符合国情的动态优化模型（尤其是Bewley模型）并使用计算机模拟研究中国经济改革与发展的重大问题。

【时间】：2012年2月28日（周二）12：15－13：45

【地点】：明主0304教室

【主持】：陈彦斌教授

【主讲】：戴轶群

【主题】：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.
　　

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经济学院

中国经济改革与发展研究院