Osaka Workshop on Economics of Institutions and Organization (#172)

Date:  Friday, November 21, 2025 13:30 to 15:00
＊This seminar will be held online.
Please contact【[encode]yuri-kitabayashi(a)iss.u-tokyo.ac.jp[/encode] 】in advance, if you want to participate in the meeting.

Presenter:
Susumu Cato
(Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo)

Title: “Long-run Evolution of Gini Inequality in Japan, 1722–1840” 
            (joint work with Masaki Nakabayashi)

[su_quote cite=”Abstract： Susumu Cato”] This paper investigates the long-run evolution of income inequality in Tokugawa Japan. In particular, we examine the impact of a tax reform implemented in the early eighteenth century. The reform contributed to a reduction in inequality between social classes, notably improving the position of the “middle class,” consisting of relatively wealthy villagers. To address the limited availability of detailed income data, we employ a decomposability approach to inequality measurement.[/su_quote]

• 共催：東京大学社会科学研究所 & IPP研究会
• 問合せ： 東京大学社会科学研究所 中林真幸研究室